7:25 PM Battery Park, New York

“So… How long did you stay here for?” riko asks Dave as they both look into the sunset.

Dave zones out.

“Helloooo..??” riko snaps him back to reality.

“Huh? What?” Dave looks around, then at riko.

“Oh, sorry, Riko. Just… zoned out.” Dave trembles just a little.

“Still pretty shook up about earlier, aren’t you?” riko says and looks at the blood stain on Dave’s left-bottom side of his suit.

“Yeah…” Dave responds and looks into the sunset.

“Anyway, what did you ask?” Dave follows up.

“Oh! I asked how long you stayed here.” riko asks again.

“I stayed here for, gosh I don’t even remember. Maybe, two years?” Dave wonders.

“Not that long huh? Then, your English is really well.” riko continues to look into the sunset.

“How about you?” Dave asks to keep the conversation going.

“I only came here for vacation. Originally, I’m from the west.” riko describes.

“That’s nice.” Dave responds, “Where are you from?” Dave asks out of curiosity.

“Vietnam.” riko responds, “How about you?”

“Japan.” Dave responds back.

“Oooh…” riko was shocked by the fact, “You don’t look Japanese to me, you look kind of like you lived here almost your whole life.”

“Well,” Dave looks at riko, “You don’t look Vietnamese either.”

“Dang…” riko sounds bummed out.