"A pleasure to meet you, Tanaka!" Claude is well aware that his brittle cheeriness can be a bit of a turn-off to some people (all right, he'll be honest; it is to most people back home), but it's the way he's always operated, and he doesn't intend to stop now.
Even if he does see perfectly well that this Tanaka fellow is in no mood for it. Nor should he be. Frankly, Claude thinks this is one of the saner responses he's seen to this, aside from outright denial. The fact that some people can take this sort of indignity in stride is something that never ceases to shock him. If they're pained, if they're angry, if they're defiant -- good. That's the way it should be.
"Now, I can see you're about as happy to be here as I am, so let me give you a piece of advice: don't sit around holding out hope for the possibility of a miraculous escape. Nobody's figured it out yet, and unless you happen to be phenomenally intelligent in a way none of us are, you won't either. Find a source of income, find a place to stay, and then you can get to work doing... well, whatever it is you so choose."
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Even if he does see perfectly well that this Tanaka fellow is in no mood for it. Nor should he be. Frankly, Claude thinks this is one of the saner responses he's seen to this, aside from outright denial. The fact that some people can take this sort of indignity in stride is something that never ceases to shock him. If they're pained, if they're angry, if they're defiant -- good. That's the way it should be.
"Now, I can see you're about as happy to be here as I am, so let me give you a piece of advice: don't sit around holding out hope for the possibility of a miraculous escape. Nobody's figured it out yet, and unless you happen to be phenomenally intelligent in a way none of us are, you won't either. Find a source of income, find a place to stay, and then you can get to work doing... well, whatever it is you so choose."