Her fangs cover smirking lips at that, because -- "How did you know he does?"

For a short silent while she simply eats her food, almost tearing it delicately, trying to figure out how to answer his question. She still doesn't know anything really about what "Japan" is, let alone how his name is characteristic of that region and his appearance of another Earth region entirely. His given name is six letters and his surname can be squished into that, which is more than enough for her.

"Oh, yes," she says eventually, though it really wasn't that long until she did. "You get culled for infirmity, chronic illness, breaking the law, old age... the list goes on. Some argued the system needed reform. Some might be right. Then again, some might have come from an incestuous brood that, left unchecked, would far exceed the replacement rate of expansion, so..." She trails off. She'd never really asked herself about culling too much back at home. A different question from much easier ethical murder. Complexities of legality and imperium were for other trolls.