He repeats the words carefully, though he will admit they are foreign to a tongue that isn't used to syllabicated words. Roland powers through though, and listens intently still. Certainly there was truth to the kanji looking intimidating...that was a lot of strokes.

"It'll definitely be a challenge," Roland goes, though he's as invested as he can be to a new goal. They had a lot of downtime on the train in between missions. He enjoys learning when he has that moment to himself. "But I think we'll be able to do it. And I can try speaking in Japanese to you every platform since we'll have our SCA's off as part of the experiment. See how much I've improved." He's setting himself up for a tall order he knows, but Roland is one to function well under pressure anyway. He smiles.

"If you're willing to be a teacher, I'm here as your first student. Or rather, first interdimensional student, heh. What's teacher in Japanese?"