And you do look like you're from these parts-- Snake thought but had the good sense not to say. Not because he was polite, really. But because he didn't know the stranger so well as to express his own ignorance. His own uncertainty. He was an unknown variable.

"Sharded." He spoke in confirmation. But could not then say where he came from. Was he American? Did he even count as American any longer? Hnn. "And getting less and less pleased about it. You?"