My neighbors across the hall are students from Saudi Arabia. Siblings, in fact, I learned on chatting with the brother one morning having stopped while walking in different directions to acknowledge each other's existence. The sister and I had bumped into each other repeatedly in the morning, as her commute schedule matched up with Ryu's early walk. They both were students but not at Loyola. I asked both - at different times, as I rarely saw them together - about coming over to my side of the hallway for tea. Both said yes. They turned out to be really lovely young people. The sister is in an advanced program studying respiratory therapist. The brother is studying English at an immersion academy. Both were/are fans of Japanese animation. This fun bit of personal trivia came out of the brother noticing the Sailor Moon art books on my bookshelf. I admitted to them that anime fans from Saudi Arabia had never occurred to me given the kingdom's, uh -- distinct, perspective on ...