Fortunately for Will, the handshake is too new a gesture for Julien to be in the habit of intiating.

"Deoji," Julien echoes, the pronounciation distorted by his accent. "An unusual name."

While El Sera is far indeed from Gransys, the people that he's met thus far have very Gransian names. Even 'El Sera' sounds as though it could belong in Hearthstone. Yet it will not do to wander in stray thoughts right in the middle of a conversation.

"Have you lived here long?"