As his friend remarked on his behavior, Tsuchi almost stopped at another card again. The slight frown on his face showed that it hadn't gone unnoticed. He failed to pull the card out of the holder and instead scratched his head.

"I don't know what to say about that," he said avoidably, "I mean, this is the first time I've ever been asked such a thing, you know? There's enough there we don't know that we ought to do something about it."