"Can I have you go over the list when I am done with it? Are other countries less annoying about this?"

"You can. Most countries with an economy to speak of have more-or-less imitated the US there, EU countries being somewhat stricter, and Japan being strictest of all. Some countries don't have any regulations at all, but those are mostly feudalistically dominated by parahumans and regulations are a mess in general."

...She probably should tell him. It might be a bad idea to spread it too far, but it's not like she's been keeping it a closely guarded secret. "Okay, next thing you should know. I am from an entirely different world. I appeared during the Leviathan attack on Japan and fought it, then Alexandria brought me to America. I don't know this place's culture and traditions and I don't know if I even officially exist. Is this going to be a problem?"

"Not officially existing is par for the course when it comes to capes, new ones are appearing all the time and the government doesn't require you to associate your real identity with the cape one. You will have to register an official identity as part of the process, but that shouldn't be a problem."

"Okay. You think of anything I should know and have not talked about?"

"If your concerns are only about selling your services and products, then no. I will send you some preliminary documents as well as a more legible explanation of them, but you will have to sign them with your own hand and then send them to me to have them signed as well for the process to begin."

"Okay. There is no rush on scale of days. I will be in Japan about a week anyway."

"Perfect. Was there anything else?"

Fun is had all around. Things are rebuilt much (much) faster than they would otherwise have been, and in the evening there is more lavish food.

If they have noticed any of that yet, they don't let it show. Dinner continues for a while more and then the day ends.

Well, the very fact that Mountain was there at the time of the attack meant Leviathan did way less damage as a whole than he could, and there are some whole cities here and there with whole city things to do: restaurants, bars, movies, parks, libraries (most of them closing by this time), etc.

She's not really familiar with this place, this world, so she wants to explore. But not having any Yen at the moment and being unwilling to ask for some unless it's offered precludes her from doing some of these things. She'll walk around a park out of costume, wearing her translator. She's absorbing some Japanese just from the hearing both Japanese and its translation into Valecana, maybe she can practice it and chat to passersby.

There are a few passersby here and there. A jogger, an elderly couple, a young couple, someone sitting alone on a bench. She can take her pick.

She says hello to the person sitting alone.

The person looks at her and removes an earphone from her ear. "Hello," she replies.

She... Tries to say something equivalent to "Sorry to bother you. I have been learning Japanese and want to see how well I am doing."

The person blinks and furrows her brows. "You're not bothering," she says eventually, "but I didn't quite follow the rest."

Again, more carefully, paying attention to getting the word order right, "I am trying to learn Japanese."

"Ah! Well, that's fun," she says, slowly this time. "I am Kyou. What are you called?"

The Japanese word for Mountain, or her original name? Original name, to avoid confusion. "I am Jeda. Nice to meet you, Kyou-san." Much of her phrasing is likely to be excessively formal, given who she learned it from, but she's figured out the most common titles at least.

"Nice to meet you too!" she giggles at the formality. "Where are you from?"

"America, I suppose. My new home is there. Maybe nowhere. And you?"