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[hombrenuevo]

I can't believe this! Audio and video in one small device! This is so much better than our radios back home!

[ This kid is definitely excited over his new toy; it makes his Nicaraguan accent a little more pronounced. He's chipper despite the rough shape his face is in. Looks like someone clocked him across the forehead real good. ]

So this really is America? I have always wanted to come to the country where the infamous Big Foot lives! [ He looks around the sunny neighborhoods of Heropa. ] You know, it's a lot warmer than I imagined... Humid, too. Not as hot as Costa Rica, though. But you don't even have a rain forest! Where does it all come from?

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[devoutish]

Yeah, it is. I can't begin to describe it to you.

[hombrenuevo]

... What's your name?

[devoutish]

Alfie Solomons. London man.

[In case his incredibly thick accent didn't make that obvious.]

And yourself?

[hombrenuevo]

Everyone calls me Chico.

[devoutish]

And that means--

[He pauses for a split second to think.]

Ah, I know it means something in Spanish, but I can't recall what.

[hombrenuevo]

........... It means "boy", like a nickname. [ He tries to make it sound better than it is, but... Shit, his name is "boy". There's no getting around that. ] Do you know Spanish, then?

[devoutish]

Nah. Buenos dias, gracias, that's it.

[And his accent is atrocious; sorry, Chico.]

[hombrenuevo]

[ Chico laughs. ] Well, it's better than nothing.

[devoutish]

Yeah. There aren't many people who do speak it, in my neighborhood or anywhere near us. We've got the Italians nearby, the Chinese, but no Spaniards.

[hombrenuevo]

Ha, well I don't know any "Spaniards", either. I'm from Nicaragua myself.

[devoutish]

None of those in London, that I've heard of. You're the first I've met.

[hombrenuevo]

You're the first person from London I've met. In real life, I mean. I've seen them on television before.

[devoutish]

Well, I've never seen a man from Nicaragua even on the television, so you're head of me, aren't you.

[hombrenuevo]

Ha, looks like it!

[devoutish]

Yeah.

You settle in well, lad. Understand?

[hombrenuevo]

It's not so bad. Better than where I was. [ He shrugs, not sure what else to say. ] I'll figure it out!

[devoutish]

Mm, you'll find yourself in good company, then. Yeah. There's plenty who would prefer to be here than where they came from.

[Alfie is not one of those people, but.]

[hombrenuevo]

Really? Do you want to stay here, too?

[devoutish]

I want to go home, to the life I've got there.