“Ah, then…” He paused to lean over the counter slighlty to squint at the name on the other’s chest. Come to think of it, it was rather curious that everything in this region was something he could easily read. Was this perhaps another power of this world? For everything to be uniform… how powerful. He cleared his throat. “Mr… Hiyori then, is it?” Was it perhaps a name from Inazuma? At the same time, none of these clothes were of the other country. It might be unwise to apply the logic of his reality to the one here – the traveler had been from another world even as they were in Teyvat, it shouldn’t be inconceivable to think he could also end up elsewhere.
“Cans? Ah, is that what these containers are called?” An alloy of metal definitely, though much lighter and of thinner material than other metal containers that he was familiar with. Indeed, this way of keeping beverages seemed much more effective and easy to carry – he had nearly dropped one of the cans when taking it out of the cool unit in the back simply because he wasn’t used to how smooth and slippery the material was. What impressive craftsmanship - though perhaps some machinery was involved in the production? Hopefully Sou wasn’t continuing to be weirded by the fact that this man who had stared at the sliding door and stared at the fridge was now staring at the cans in his hands.
“No, I’m afraid coffee isn’t anything I am familiar with. By assumption of relation, it is similar to tea? I have however also noticed various other beverages that do not appear to have any denotation of what is inside aside from what I assume is mere name.” That, of course, was referring to other common sodas - which he also so kindly had brought up to the front.
“If I were wish to purchase one of these so called cans of coffee though, is there a tool to open them? The container appears to be rather watertight.”
Mr. Hiyori... It was weird being called that. Since ever he took that fake alias, he was just called by his first name ‘Sou’. Hiyori... just sounded so much more like him, that man that he only ever called by his last name... It made him almost uncomfortable to be called that. But, he did that to himself with choosing that alias. And he surely won’t let it show that it felt a little strange to him!
“Th-that works, but I’m also just some convenience store cashier, you can call me Sou, if that’s easier to remember... No need for the formality, as I said before.” Most customers that bothered to read his name tag, did call him that, after all...
It was weird how closely this customer inspected this can. First the sliding door, then this... maybe he came from an era where those things didn’t exist? Even if so, it still just seemed weird... it wasn’t that fascinating, was it?
“Coffee contains caffeine like tea does, so, I guess you aren’t too far off...” Man, how do you explain coffee to someone. It was such a common thing known by most, that some adult wouldn’t know what it is seemed somewhat off.
“It’s bitter, but also energizes you. Or at least it’s supposed to do that. doesn’t work for everyone, ahaha...” It was amusing to hear how that guy’s confusion only continued with all the branded soda drinks as well. But he had to stay strong, he shouldn’t laugh here. Though, a little snort did escape him.
“Yeah, most drinks have a brand name only, but you’ll get used to that. If you’re really that curious about the ingredients inside though, there’s always the backside that you could read. But a little insider tip from me, most of those are just liquid with tons of sugar anyhow.”
Wait, did he really have to explain now how to open a can? Somehow he was glad that no one else was standing in line right now...
“Every can is easy to open by hand...” He started to explain, after he swallowed again all of his judging thoughts. That guy was a customer, so making fun of him or asking him rude questions would probably lead to some trouble, that he’d rather avoid! “You see this thing? You just pull it up from the correct side, and you’ll get a hole you can sip of from.”
“...” A pause. Was that clear enough? “I can show you, right after you paid... if you like.” He never had to explain this much before to sell some simple drinks before... But there was a first time for everything, wasn’t there...
