Yeah, except I'm speaking Japanese right now. And so are you, as far as I can tell. [Or maybe he wasn't; but what he said and heard registered so familiarly in his brain that it felt like Japanese. Who knew.]

And hey, they've got modern appliances -- if we can just scrape off the pasta sauce that's started to crust over everything, it'll be good enough. I won't go easy on you, though. [He smirks.] Are you sure you'd be up for it?