She can't actually read any of that - she's functionally illiterate in her primary human tongues, and her Japanese is fairly limited - but she has seen enough Japanese in her time to know some easy characters and more importantly know what they look like. Sure, it could be Chinese too, but that doesn't come to mind right now.
She's never been to Japan, but Japan is definitely outside of Hex. Solidly outside of Hex. Like... "You're not from here at all?" Ryoji seemed to have been fairly sure that there were no other places than Hex.
Cat had mentioned that people appeared and returned changed, but this is different. More like her experience.
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She can't actually read any of that - she's functionally illiterate in her primary human tongues, and her Japanese is fairly limited - but she has seen enough Japanese in her time to know some easy characters and more importantly know what they look like. Sure, it could be Chinese too, but that doesn't come to mind right now.
She's never been to Japan, but Japan is definitely outside of Hex. Solidly outside of Hex. Like... "You're not from here at all?" Ryoji seemed to have been fairly sure that there were no other places than Hex.
Cat had mentioned that people appeared and returned changed, but this is different. More like her experience.