[A simple enough way to begin. His eyebrows furrow slightly, having expected worse right off the bat. But this is something as good as common knowledge back home.]

Yes. It's a perfectly standard practice in the industry, especially from the school HiMERU trained in. Most of the others here came from a different school, which is why they use their real names.

[And then, a question of his own:]

Is that outstanding to you, somehow?