"'You guess'?" he gives her a skeptical look. He's not quite sure what Aki's like in the future, but he's always been driven, with a need to succeed and keep his blood moving in ways that don't include being married to your desk and textbooks. And he was always on good standing with Kurosawa. That connection would probably help him along. He could see it, if he imagined it hard enough.

He shrugs his shoulders. "Kind of. It's a man-made island. Unlike here. It's smaller than this."