Gen barely restrained himself from just launching into the food - he'd eat politely, and not appear like some stone-aged ruffian, thank you! But he's pretty hungry, so he's happy to tuck into the meal, giving the robot a cheerful 'thanks!' before it wandered off.

He laughed softly at Peter's question. "I'm rather familiar with my friends, my dear Peter," he used one example right there. "I'm just as familiar with my dear Senku. So I would call you my friend, or my dear, but if I were speaking in Japanese -"

"You're likely not going to understand what I'm saying," Gen finished cheekily - not realizing that, to Peter's ears, it would all sound like the same language.