White Lies: (The Uruwashi Series #4)
“Tristan gasped awake, his face stung and his hands were automatically reaching for the old man standing over him.
“Yare!” the man cried out, moving faster than someone his age should have. He looked startled but was smiling knowingly. “Genki ka?”
Tristan groaned, rolling over to his side to sit up and then thought better of it when his stomach lurched. The movement brought up a musky scent; the linens on the bed were clean but they’d been unused for a while. Resting, eyes shut against t...he bright light, he sighed. “I’ve felt better…”
The man considered him with droopy but keen eyes. “Nihongo wa hanasemasu ka?”
“Nope,” he answered plainly. Now, that wasn’t the whole truth. He did speak some Japanese—understood the old man’s question rather clearly. Actually, he understood a hell of a lot more than he let on, but if he said ‘why yes, I do speak your language’, then he’d be caught up in rapid fire Japanese and wouldn’t be able to follow anymore.MoreLess
“Yare!” the man cried out, moving faster than someone his age should have. He looked startled but was smiling knowingly. “Genki ka?”
Tristan groaned, rolling over to his side to sit up and then thought better of it when his stomach lurched. The movement brought up a musky scent; the linens on the bed were clean but they’d been unused for a while. Resting, eyes shut against t...he bright light, he sighed. “I’ve felt better…”
The man considered him with droopy but keen eyes. “Nihongo wa hanasemasu ka?”
“Nope,” he answered plainly. Now, that wasn’t the whole truth. He did speak some Japanese—understood the old man’s question rather clearly. Actually, he understood a hell of a lot more than he let on, but if he said ‘why yes, I do speak your language’, then he’d be caught up in rapid fire Japanese and wouldn’t be able to follow anymore.MoreLess
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