"You don't know her name? You never met her?" She sighed. "Who are you? If I'm going to be here a while, then we should introduce ourselves, right?"

She breathed in, and then back out as she moved a finger over her inner wrist, right where her good luck charm would be. It couldn't be seen, for it was supposed to remain covered up. She promised Dad that she would keep it covered. "I'm Mai Kashiwagi."

She saw the numbers on the face of the watch, and thought a moment on what was explained. Mai did okay in geography in middle school. "If this has to do with latitude and longitude, then all I need is a map of Japan. I would be able to find out that way." Mai looked to her. "Is there a map store around here?" She frowned. "Wait. What if the money I have isn't accepted here?"