[He certainly doesn't mind it, at least. He himself is speaking with a very proper Yamanote accent in return. Joshua gives a bit of a bitter laugh, pressing his hand against his forehead gently.]

This is... going to sound... a bit complicated. Japanese is... my native language... but where I'm from we... we were installed with this... microchip that... forces us to speak this... common tongue. It feels extremely unnatural... to force myself to speak Japanese.

I apologize for... struggling like this.