[Sumio's equally casual about how ridiculous they look-- then again, anything's better than prison garb. He pauses, then carefully turns the board around, facing the black pieces towards his opponent; satisfied, he nudges a single white pawn forward.]

Where were you before landing here?

[Straight to the point.]

I asked others before. It seems we're largely American or Japanese, but there's not much else in the way of correlation.