[ surprise! yeah!! well. it's - it's a memory that feels ancient, and lu bixing blinks a little surprised when the film finally ends. there's a strange sense of nostalgia that comes from the space station, from seeing saturday's young face, and for a moment, he's distracted by it, enough that he has to sort of check back in to remember tuuri's right there.
ah. well. he gives her a little smile. ]
It did. Not well, at first - only ten of the original crew showed up, but it grew over time.
[ the first part makes him smile, ducking his head - modest, a little sheepish. ]
Maybe. I wouldn't be a very good leader if I didn't, right?
[ sometimes you are the prime minister. there's something about it turning out alright that makes his gaze soften as he looks at where the screen left off, but... he shakes his head after a moment to clear it. ]
I am too. All things considered. That was nearly twenty years ago, now - I haven't thought about that day in a long, long time.
[ this is so funny. he doesn't quite understand the context, but the want for a vaccine, and the persistent tagalongs - it's so familiar that it makes lu bixing nostalgic, and he gives tuuri a warm smile, and. well, then he laughs, at that face she makes. ]
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ah. well. he gives her a little smile. ]
It did. Not well, at first - only ten of the original crew showed up, but it grew over time.
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[He's helped with that here, even.]
But I'm glad it turned out alright.
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Maybe. I wouldn't be a very good leader if I didn't, right?
[ sometimes you are the prime minister. there's something about it turning out alright that makes his gaze soften as he looks at where the screen left off, but... he shakes his head after a moment to clear it. ]
I am too. All things considered. That was nearly twenty years ago, now - I haven't thought about that day in a long, long time.
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[Speaking of which, it's time for Tuuri's memory! Read from 439 to the top two panels of 448, and then 454 to 463.]
[Tuuri is going >T by the end of it, because of course it's a memory where she gets called out for being manipulative.]
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Busted. [ teasing, playful. ]
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It all turned out fine in the end, so it's fine!
[She is so busted.]