[Albert listens with great interest, sipping his drink as he stays out of Kazu's way, but still attentive in case he should need anything. An island, with great cities and sparse agricultural areas, with a wide variety of habitats.]

I must say, it sounds as if it is an incredible and varied place. Snowy mountains, forests... much like the heartlands that I used to wander. Tell me a little, if it is no trouble, about those places? The animals there? I imagine there must be an enormous variety.

[He can't help it, he really can't. Learning about wildlife has always been his passion, and while he could ask about all manner of things, like the food or the literature or the art of Kazu's homeland, his imagination is already fired up about the creatures that share that land with humans.]