“Kairen Takeda? That's me. I'm him," He points to himself with his thumb.
“It's another alias," he informs Eshe without hesitation. As her face displays rapid thinking, she crosses her arms.
“Why do you have that alias?" With Eshe's eyebrow up, Damien places his hand on her shoulder.
“The programming background I told you about? It was surprisingly easy to learn Japanese and market it to foreign corporations instead of relying solely on benefactors here in the U.S. at seventeen. Using a Japanese alias helped me open many doors in the tech industry." He lowers his hand to his side, the skepticism in Eshe's face unphased.
“I don't understand why you need so many different identities, and how you have assets under these fake names. How am I supposed to know who you really are? You cou
