"Joshua speaking: I'm going to ask the question that Graham here"—and there's only a little derision in his tone, like he's clearly judging Graham for a coward—"is clearly too afraid to: if you're a so-called 'immigrant' like us, then how long have you been here?"

As soon as the question is out, Graham sighs softly and lifts their coffee to sip it. Joshua wants to collect the data, and it's not Graham's place to stop him. That's sort of the whole point of Acceptance. Graham is afraid to know the answer, but that doesn't mean they don't still need to know it.