[ She nods, a little automatically, as she lets him lead her over to their dinky little table. She has no real idea what to expect here, but she's seen enough of society and what it's done to people doing their best to live in it that she thinks she can probably keep her reactions subdued while he's telling her. ]

... Please don't say "unfortunately". You came to Japan as a teenager and managed to pick up enough skills to survive there... I think that's amazing. [ And he wound up being a famous member of a band, she thinks she remembers him saying. That doesn't seem like a lie. ]