Giovanni: Buongiorno.
Masa: Buongiorno. I'm quite interested in traditional Italian papers, especially those from Fabriano.
Giovanni: Ah, Fabriano. You have good taste.
Masa: I've used Fabriano papers for my watercolor paintings. Nice texture.
Giovanni: Aha. An artist, you are then. Most people just come in and take a look at the posters and wander off. But I like it this way. It gives me plenty of time to work on a novel I'm writing.
Masa: A novel?
Giovanni: Set in Italy during the Renaissance.
Masa: I've always found novels to be a wonderful way to learn about other cultures and times.
Giovanni: Novels paint us into different worlds and eras. But my novel is a labor of love, and this shop serves as my writing den. It's quiet, and I can immerse myself in the world of Renaissance Italy while minding the shop.
Masa: Nice. Writing a novel set in Renaissance Italy while running a shop, great. What’s the plot of the novel?
Giovanni: It's a tale of intrigue, art, and love set in Florence during the height of the Renaissance. Character-heavy. It's my way of bringing a piece of Italy here to Tokyo.
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Voice-over
And the conversation ends with an exchange of names and contacts. Scribed on a slips of Fabriano paper with a quill pen.
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