Youmu:

> "Well, we could certainly try visiting there, if you decide you want that."

Myon:

> Lightly bob up and down a little bit.

Youmu:

> "At this point, we're entirely on whatever schedule works for you, because it'd be no trouble for me to just go about my days like this."
> Adopt a thinking expression.
> "...Come to think of it, it'd be nice to have a friend along with me all the time. Though that wouldn't be very fair to you."

> "Okay, see you there."
> Head back to the rocket and begin loading our things while waiting for our host.

> How are we at traversing the Bamboo Forest?
> "Understandable. I have been in the Bamboo Forest myself before, and it is indeed as you say."

> "Mmm. I'm afraid those names don't sound familiar. I would be glad to meet them if you wanted to visit them, though. If you know where they live."

No idea about how it was in other countries in the past, but post-soviet countries had soviet-style school for quite some time, and I can say that was one genuinely superior aspect from back then. Propaganda lessons aside (which were axed once Union toppled anyway), its style was aiming quite hard to get students to care about the subjects. It did come with two problems. One, it demanded passion and creativity for ALL subjects, your preferences be damned. Two, it was very subjective and depended on teachers and their own passion and biases. I was lucky to have pretty decent ones, but I've heard horror stories about them getting too high on self-importance. Still, it felt like a much more effective system for those who cared to study, compared to modern test-based one that feels extremely dry and prone to apathy on both sides in comparisson.

So, do you think that they are good? And do you want it to return?