No Heiji, you're just meant to know what he's on about. Derek nods again, but it isn't a great means of answering when it doesn't actually specify anything. Still, although Derek had meant the latter, when asked he realizes it's more like both. The answer is somewhat disquieting - the brief account does not make Derek think of his own experience, but it evokes a similar kind of response, a tightening in his chest and tensing in his shoulders.

"That affected your world too?" Japan, he's sure, is what the fox is talking about, but it's still a surprise that such a cultural shift would matter to the fae. Reflecting on it, however, he supposes it really isn't surprising at all. "Why'd you come here?"