[ Unfortunately, that's the last thing Hong Kong wanted to hear. He doesn't want to say anything unkind, because he feels like that's sincere on China's part, but it's not what he was expecting, nor does it seem to make sense with his actions. From Hong Kong's perspective, the reason China should want to stay is Stocking, not to mention his other friends here.
The friends he was willing to rely on before he came to his own family. The friends he told things instead of the people that (in Hong Kong's mind) he should have cared about equally. He doesn't want a "special place," but he has a hard time figuring out who he is when China is having the same problem. None of that is going to come to the surface here and now though, because he knows it's rude and besides, it's just hard to talk about it. He merely averts his eye for a moment, as if distracted by something off-screen. ]
I've never had that feeling, sorry.
[ It's true too. He's never been "free" - he's always belonged to someone or been subordinate to someone. He could declare some kind of independence here, but that would just make this situation worse. He knows it would hurt other people too. Taiwan, for one. He doesn't want to hurt his sister or create a rift between them. There's been enough fighting among this family, between basically everyone but Hong Kong and China.
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The friends he was willing to rely on before he came to his own family. The friends he told things instead of the people that (in Hong Kong's mind) he should have cared about equally. He doesn't want a "special place," but he has a hard time figuring out who he is when China is having the same problem. None of that is going to come to the surface here and now though, because he knows it's rude and besides, it's just hard to talk about it. He merely averts his eye for a moment, as if distracted by something off-screen. ]
I've never had that feeling, sorry.
[ It's true too. He's never been "free" - he's always belonged to someone or been subordinate to someone. He could declare some kind of independence here, but that would just make this situation worse. He knows it would hurt other people too. Taiwan, for one. He doesn't want to hurt his sister or create a rift between them. There's been enough fighting among this family, between basically everyone but Hong Kong and China.
He's trying not to add them to the list. ]