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The death by firing squad of the Third Rome.
(LITHUANIA: But you assassinated your royal family! RUSSIA: ... oh, I did, didn't I.)
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"The person of the Emperor is sacred," Japan says. Axiomatic. Which it is -- in the crippled fashion Japan has always thought of it, isolated and absurd. He used to keep his emperors locked up in their palaces, after all.
"The Emperor is his empire," Russia explains. Japan is making an effort, and Russia does so enjoy clarification. "There is nothing between him and his country. If one is struck, so is the other. He lives or dies by the will of his land, and by the will of God."
"You make your point." Japan gestures, barely, to the teacups, picks one up in careful fingertips. Russia follows willingly enough. The porcelain is too small in his hand.
He drinks all of the tea in a single inhalation, puts the cup down on Japan's side of the table, past the hydrangeas. It rattles.
"Your Nicholas Andreivich is very young," Japan says.
Russia thinks, but mine.
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