“Oh, definitely western, no question about it. I prefer to wear business professional above all else, however, I do wear a yukata when I visit my grandparents or attend more traditional events, like tea ceremonies. And though I’ve been told that I look quite nice in it, I always feel like a tourist. Alas, I’ll never quite fit in, even if I can bow with the best of them.”
“Despite being incredibly archaic in his personal beliefs, Hakuba-ojiisan has some very progressive views on modern science. He has made it a point to keep his laboratory and staff on the forefront of technological and procedural advances, becoming one of the leading privately owned and funded laboratories in the country. Indeed, the eldest Hakuba is quite the man of science. I only wish he weren’t so racist. He still does all that he can to pretend that I don’t exist.”
“Grandfather Wickham, on the other hand, was a shrewd business man whose vice was in the cards. He was a gambling man who loved his liquor, and no one could best him in poker or billiards. He died when I was quite young, but I have fond memories of the scent of scotch he drank and the cigars he liked to carry around in his suit jacket. I miss that man. I think we all do.”
“Do I ever make amends with my grandfather, or does he die still loathing me?”