"What year? That would depend on how years are counted here, wouldn't it?" In all honesty, Waka could only make a rough estimate. The Western calendar was different, and what history books he had found weren't very clear on Nippon's place in it before the past few centuries.

And there we go, an excellent way to direct the conversation away from him. "Oh dear, I have been busy talking about myself. How rude of me! Tell me, Mademoiselle Lily, what brings you out at this time of night?"