[Hasn't van Zieks' dignity suffered enough already, Tama? Anyway, van Zieks has war flashbacks to Ryuki trying to explain what a plane is. He still doesn't really fully understand what it is. Some sort of flying transportation that clearly has superseded what they have in his time.

Also shut up Ryuki's internal monologue, don't government assign him vampire.]

I suppose so. I prefer to wake early so that I have plenty of time for morning tea, reading the papers, and going over the files of whatever case I am working on that day.
[HE IS SO BORING, RYUKI I'M BEGGING YOU TO ASK HIM SOMETHING WEIRD.]

Question number seven... [Hm.] Are... names that begin with "Ryu" common in Japan?
[A bit of a diversion but don't observe him.]