[There are, of course, some things that Minegishi talks about now and then that Liem doesn't understand. He doesn't know what "middle school" is, and he's sure if he inquired that Minegishi would scoff and look at him like he had two heads, both of which, probably, would be assumed to be filled with sawdust. He would probably be in trouble if he found out that Minegishi's family business involved television broadcasting. Fortunately, in this instance he's perfectly capable of getting the gist.]
You know, my country also had construction workers.
[Or builders, as they probably would have been termed. Brick-layers, ditch-diggers. But the verbiage isn't important. Liem puts down the dishcloth he's using and rinses off his pan before setting it down to dry.]
And farmers, and loggers, and probably most labour jobs you could think of. That's important work, in any world.
[He fishes the washcloth out of the sink and starts scrubbing the next pan.]
Did you think your life was boring?
[He'd said his family's business might sound boring… but then he'd said he was normal, that his life was normal. Probably lumped in with that "mundane shit," if Liem had to hazard a guess.]
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You know, my country also had construction workers.
[Or builders, as they probably would have been termed. Brick-layers, ditch-diggers. But the verbiage isn't important. Liem puts down the dishcloth he's using and rinses off his pan before setting it down to dry.]
And farmers, and loggers, and probably most labour jobs you could think of. That's important work, in any world.
[He fishes the washcloth out of the sink and starts scrubbing the next pan.]
Did you think your life was boring?
[He'd said his family's business might sound boring… but then he'd said he was normal, that his life was normal. Probably lumped in with that "mundane shit," if Liem had to hazard a guess.]