'So, they've got a president?' 'Yeah, I heard that’s what they call their leader.' 'Wait, hold up a sec.' 'You just told me Victoria is ruled by a king. Leithanien is ruled by empresses, and Ursus has an emperor.' 'But the leader of the Columbians... is a president??' 'Yeah... Something wrong with that?' The strange mercenary before Thumbtack seems lost in thought. Ever since the mercenary team calling themselves 'Team Rainbow' showed up at Rhodes Island, the soldier woman named 'Ash' had been asking all kinds of strange questions. 'Then I have one more question.' 'Fire away.' 'Do they happen to have a city named New York?' 'Huh? Are you talking about County York? That's a city in Victoria.' 'In other words, Victoria has a County York, but Columbia doesn’t have a New York??' 'That's right.' The soldier falls silent again, muttering something along the lines of 'this makes no sense.' Thumbtack recalls an incident last week at the cafeteria, when Ash was shocked to see blue tomatoes and square potatoes. Most of the operators were visibly perplexed. Just what kind of country do they come from? 'Now that I think about it...' Thumbtack decides to change the topic. 'When we get a day off this week, the folks from Engineering are going to play football on the deck. Want to watch?' 'Football... what exactly is that?' 'Have you never seen a football game before? 11 players on each side, and they try to kick a ball into the other team’s goal.' 'Oh! Yeah, I know that one.' For a moment, the expression on Ash’s face becomes much softer. That's something comforting to her? Thumbtack remains at a loss.