It's kind of funny, in a weird sort of way. HiME actually stood for Highly intergrated Materalizing Energy, which was really just a fancy way of saying we could call upon elements and make creatures called Children appear.
We were called HiME, though, because 'hime' means 'princess' in Japanese, and in ancient times those with our abilities were called battle princesses.
It's...odd, though. You remind me a lot of the girl who did all the research on HiME and told me all this...
I...I guess so. Allison was her name. She was actually a teacher at Fuka, too.
Japanese is a language, but we're required to take English as a second language as soon as we start primary school. My brother and I were planning on going to the United States to see a specialized doctor at some point, so we both worked very hard on our English.
[She blinks and stares for a minute, then bursts in the laughter, almost losing it. She manages to recompose herself, though and rubs a hand over her eye]
No, no. Japan is a country. As is the United States. My world is... very different from yours, I think.
My world has a lot of countries. Seven continents, though. North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica. No one really lived in Antarctica, though. Japan is an island nation of Asia. North America had the United States... er... they called it that because all their areas are called 'States'. I don't know why. They just decided to call them that. And... they're united? Something to do with their history or some such thing.
[she realizes she's babbling a bit and stops, blushing slightly]
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I hold out hope that the other HiME were able to do what I couldn't.
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We were called HiME, though, because 'hime' means 'princess' in Japanese, and in ancient times those with our abilities were called battle princesses.
It's...odd, though. You remind me a lot of the girl who did all the research on HiME and told me all this...
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...is Japanese a language? Or a type of termonology or slang?
I'm a girl in your world then?
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Japanese is a language, but we're required to take English as a second language as soon as we start primary school. My brother and I were planning on going to the United States to see a specialized doctor at some point, so we both worked very hard on our English.
I...take it Japan doesn't exist in your world?
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No, no. Japan is a country. As is the United States. My world is... very different from yours, I think.
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Maybe. But then, maybe it's all the same, but with different names.
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[shrugs]
My world has a lot of countries. Seven continents, though. North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica. No one really lived in Antarctica, though. Japan is an island nation of Asia. North America had the United States... er... they called it that because all their areas are called 'States'. I don't know why. They just decided to call them that. And... they're united? Something to do with their history or some such thing.
[she realizes she's babbling a bit and stops, blushing slightly]
Er... s-sorry. Rambling...
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