Post by Vietnam - Nguyen Thi on May 30, 2015 15:36:25 GMT -5
Finding his arms wrapped around her, Vietnam smiles as she returns the hug - not using enough of her strength to risk harming him, but enough to remind him that his sister is quite strong. Which means a lot of things - that he doesn't need to worry about her, that if he needs her help she's quite capable of being there for him, that if he has one of his "difficult" moments and decides to displease her that he'd be in for it... lots of things.
Though when he promises that he's there for her and their allies, she believes him. It's not like he's going to run off and join the Alliance, after all - her brother may be inconsistent in a lot of things, but his hatred for America especially has been quite constant. No, all she has any concern with is how effective he'll be - will he prove to be more of an asset or a liability to the war? He's been okay so far - getting South Korea out of the war has been quite helpful, actually. It means that since Japan is merely fighting defensive war, all that they really need to worry about coming to get them in the Pacific are the islands to the south.
Smiling at the reminder of their respective fights with America, she nods as he accepts the rice. While she's not aware of him having any current problems, she knows that he's extremely proud of his ability to take care of his people by himself and that he therefore doesn't admit when he needs help at times. And that's certainly a factor in the reason why she offered rice and not something else - though she was also not lying when she said that she expects a surplus this year.
But that's actually intentional - so much of her land is good for farming and so many of her allies could use the food, that she's been encouraging as many of her people as possible who aren't involved in the war effort in some other way to farm. And have children - lots of children. If the war continues long enough, they'll become new soldiers, and if it doesn't then they'll be able to help rebuild the country when it's over. But being able to coordinate her people in such a way is one of the great advantages of being a communist country.
At what he says next, in her own language even, she demurely lowers her eyes a little. "You say too many nice things to me! I am simply trying to be a good sister and ally to you," she lightly protests. But she's doing an extremely fine job of both, isn't she? It would just be impolite of her to say so herself. It's a pity that Russia hardly notices... But no matter - victory is more important than acknowledgment, and it's been her experience that history eventually tends to admit who did what. It just takes enough generations of humans to pass on before they're willing to admit to the truth of what their ancestors did and didn't do and how much help they got from whom. And she's lived long enough to develop a very long-term view about these things.
Though when he promises that he's there for her and their allies, she believes him. It's not like he's going to run off and join the Alliance, after all - her brother may be inconsistent in a lot of things, but his hatred for America especially has been quite constant. No, all she has any concern with is how effective he'll be - will he prove to be more of an asset or a liability to the war? He's been okay so far - getting South Korea out of the war has been quite helpful, actually. It means that since Japan is merely fighting defensive war, all that they really need to worry about coming to get them in the Pacific are the islands to the south.
Smiling at the reminder of their respective fights with America, she nods as he accepts the rice. While she's not aware of him having any current problems, she knows that he's extremely proud of his ability to take care of his people by himself and that he therefore doesn't admit when he needs help at times. And that's certainly a factor in the reason why she offered rice and not something else - though she was also not lying when she said that she expects a surplus this year.
But that's actually intentional - so much of her land is good for farming and so many of her allies could use the food, that she's been encouraging as many of her people as possible who aren't involved in the war effort in some other way to farm. And have children - lots of children. If the war continues long enough, they'll become new soldiers, and if it doesn't then they'll be able to help rebuild the country when it's over. But being able to coordinate her people in such a way is one of the great advantages of being a communist country.
At what he says next, in her own language even, she demurely lowers her eyes a little. "You say too many nice things to me! I am simply trying to be a good sister and ally to you," she lightly protests. But she's doing an extremely fine job of both, isn't she? It would just be impolite of her to say so herself. It's a pity that Russia hardly notices... But no matter - victory is more important than acknowledgment, and it's been her experience that history eventually tends to admit who did what. It just takes enough generations of humans to pass on before they're willing to admit to the truth of what their ancestors did and didn't do and how much help they got from whom. And she's lived long enough to develop a very long-term view about these things.