He grined, and accepted the offered hand. "Hah, go figure! I'd ask what characters you used to spell that with, but I'm guessing if we're not from the same world, we're probably not even using the same kind of symbols."

At least, there definitely weren't rabbit-men running around in Japan the last time he checked.

"As for you..." He looked down at the grouchy-sounding companion. "It's not like I don't get where you're coming from, or anything. So how about, if we're not all friends yet, we just start now?"