[Yes, let's go with that. It's an easy enough conclusion to come to, especially when every so often he'll hear a word he spit out and think it sounded way more Russian than it needed to be. The idiosyncrasies of bilingualism. The close call is almost immediately forgotten because this question never has the simple answer people want. He ends up doing black flips in his mind, trying to work with the little information he has and how no one from America is likely to know what he's talking about.]
Uh, I dunno. Maybe. Russia's, you know, Russia. And the part I'm from isn't so safe. At least the war's supposed to be over now, I guess.
[Ah, yes, what every girl wants to hear about on the first date: how you fled a war-torn region. He clears his throat.]
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Date: 2015-01-27 05:28 am (UTC)Uh, I dunno. Maybe. Russia's, you know, Russia. And the part I'm from isn't so safe. At least the war's supposed to be over now, I guess.
[Ah, yes, what every girl wants to hear about on the first date: how you fled a war-torn region. He clears his throat.]
Like I said, I barely remember it.