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[aphanon_meme]

10,032! I'm pretty sure that's the best you guys have done! I did a quick archive browse and it looks that way, anyway. Heh. It was funny how many maxings were like 10,001 or 10,002 -- I can remember one time the maxing was 4 comments over the limit and we thought it was crazy. And now 32 over the limit... [imagine a London Tipton clap] Yay, you

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[bubbleteatime]

That's what I told him!

[bubbleteatime]

He does! ... um, I think he does. That's why a lot of his people moved to England's place, wasn't it? Because they didn't want to be with China!

[bubbleteatime]

Oh right. I thought it was just because China's economy was poor. It's better now, right? But I don't know much about your part of the world, I'm afraid.

It will be very difficult to break free from China I think.

[bubbleteatime]

You have no idea.

I wish that he'd just let it go. Then we wouldn't have to fight anymore...

[bubbleteatime]

Well, it's not that easy for him. He obviously values you and wants to keep you.

Also, he'd lose face in front of the rest of the world. And Tibet would get ideas.

I really hope you guys can sort it out though. Come to some sort of understanding. Maybe those new trade talks will help...

[bubbleteatime]

China's--That bastard's just scheming again! All he ever thinks about is himself! Tibet's a good guy. He doesn't deserve that kind of treatment, either...

[ shakes her head ] Tonight isn't about any of that, though.

I think I'll plant some bauhinias tomorrow.

[bubbleteatime]

Bauhinias?

I wish you luck for tonight, then.

[bubbleteatime]

... They're his favorite.

谢谢.

[formosakid]

[pokes] You! Are you saying Hong Kong is really dying?

1/2

[bubbleteatime]

He's not dead! [ hits you lightly and repeatedly ] He's not, he's not, he's not!

2/2

[bubbleteatime]

Dammit, he's... [ hiccups ] he's not dead...

[ buries her head in his chest and cries ]

pretend I have a proper icon for this

[formosakid]

....[holds you]

I'm sure he's not. He's... he's going to be okay.

[tries to suppress his own tears and fails]

[bubbleteatime]

I watched my own brother die. Do you know how that feels like?

1894, 1941, and I wished so hard that it'd never happen again.

[formosakid]

I...I do know, trust me. I remember...all of it... [wipes away tears with with his sleeve]

[bubbleteatime]

[looks up from his chest, still holding on to him] H-he's still alive, right? Because nations can't die. Y-yeah! He's still around for sure!

[formosakid]

I...I don't know if we can't die, but there a lot of things we can survive. So...he's definitely still alive, yeah! I'm sure he just... needs time to heal. That's it.