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[gochuugoku]

[China's sitting comfortably near his low table with a puzzled look on his face.]

Last night I had a very strange dream. I was dressed in a female Beijing Opera costume and I was singing and dancing. Maybe I drank too much at the Lantern Festival, or something, aru.

[He pauses to drink some of his green tea, which was sitting in a teacup on the low table.]

By the way, what's this I keep hearing about memories? Are you saying the dream I had was actually a memory? [Guess who hasn't had any experiences yet.]

[OOC: Hey man, this is China. Anyone is free to view memories ranging from his (lonely) childhood, to his dynasties, the wars, present day, and the Christmas he spent with Stocking here in Discedo (since that's the first and only real memory he's recalled of Discedo so far).]

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[Video]

[gochuugoku]

[He sighs and gives her a sympathetic look.]

What exactly did you see that's making you so worried?

[Video]

[meilihua]

Exactly what I said! Why wouldn't that make me worried?

[She's so used to thinking of you as bigger...]

[Video]

[gochuugoku]

I was small and crying, but what else did you see?

[Video]

[meilihua]

There was...so much blood.

[Video]

[gochuugoku]

Oh... I see now. [Looks to the side for a moment before bringing his gaze back to her.]

Surely I've told you about the Warring States Period before, have I not?

[Video]

[meilihua]

[Well yes, and also, from some points of view, she was actually present for it as well] Ah. Yes, but...

[Video]

[gochuugoku]

Even as a child, I saw my fair share of violence. It was frightening, watching my people fight against each other and doing such things to my own kin at such a young age.

That age has passed, though. I am here and alive now, Taiwan. You don't have to worry, as I said before.

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[meilihua]

[She bites back a few flippant words - of course she doesn't have to worry about him, the premiere economic power of the twenty-first century, the most populous, the fastest growing, etc., ad nauseum]

It's like climbing a mountain, or building a house, I suppose. [is what she ends up settling on, her tone surprisingly tentative]

[Video]

[gochuugoku]

Yes, and it's also about rebuilding when a storm comes and knocks down that house. You know just as well as I do of how much rebuilding I've had to do throughout my life.

[Video]

[meilihua]

But that's just part of progress anyway. And besides, [she breaks up the mood a little with her usual fall back] you're so old, there aren't all that many things that can last that long, you know!

[Video]

[gochuugoku]

[He puffs up his cheeks.]

Why do you always come up with such lies about me?

[He goes easy on her due to how she had cried a few minutes ago. He has a heart!]

[Video]

[meilihua]

How is that a lie?