Cute kid. Daigo continued to smile softly as he listened to the kid, trying to work through the accent as best he could. It was really hard to understand. For what he got, he felt like he did a decent job. But still, he frowned internally while mulling it over. O'Malley Damien. Meeting people. Where from? Born in Ireland--it made sense, with his name? Lived in Aomori--he didn't get how long. Something about a city. And a question which he didn't get, either. However, it was a common part of opening speech and he would have supplied the information anyway.
"Welcome to the school," he said by way of greeting. "I'm from Niigata, born and raised. I went to college for business, here in America. I had to come here because my shapeshifting got a little out of hand."
He watched the boy move his books around, wondering what seemed to be the problem. They were in order by author and then volume. Bizarre child, thought Daigo. But he was still kind of cute. Daigo had a soft spot for kids, despite having so many younger siblings.