"Yeah?" Heiji sounded mildly surprised by the idea. He hadn't really given it much thought before.

"Most of them are paler than me. I mean, there are definitely people with naturally darker skin around..." So he wasn't freakish, just a little unusual. "But anyway, I don't think anyone would think it was weird to be an American with a pale complexion. The stereotype is usually blond hair and blue eyes. You'd still obviously be someone from a foreign country. That could be good or bad, depending."