Jaheim, feeling isolated at his new elite boarding school, connects with his friends back home before being interrupted by Toby. Toby attempts to sell trainers to his classmates to send money home, and the two boys bond over their shared outsider status while Toby convinces Jaheim to attend a school social event.
TOBY: You look stressed, my bruddah. This place mashed you up already?
JAHEIM: Minor. Just long days, innit.
TOBY: Yo, I hear that! Ms Kaneko is grinding me hard. And not in the way I’d like.
JAHEIM: That’s your fault for taking Japanese.
TOBY: Omaeno kaachan suttoke.
JAHEIM: What does that mean?
TOBY: It’s Japanese for ‘suck ya mudder’!
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