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[bawlingforsoup]

T-That radio... j-just now... Ak, Dievs. Lūdzu. I-I... Ka slikta meitene ... Kad tas ... Kāpēc? W-Why? I don't understand, i-is this... I-Is this going to happen to u-us here, t-too?

[A small pause, and Latvia speaks the following barely above a whisper.]

D-Does this place have f-fallout shelters?

Comments

[motheringnation]

.....

Do not know.

Perhaps would be good idea to find one.

[bawlingforsoup]

M-Miss Ukraine... I-I...

['I'm scared', he wants to say, but he can't. He has to be strong in these situations.]

[motheringnation]

Do not worry.

[And slipping from fear to mother.]

Will be alright.

Are you safe in your house?

[bawlingforsoup]

...J-Ja. I-It's not so bad anymore, I-I... I-I want it to stay this way. I-I don't want to lose them to some stupid bomb.

[motheringnation]

Wh-what?

[bawlingforsoup]

T-The safe thing. I-It used to be scary, r-remember? Things are b-better now.

...A-Are you safe?

[motheringnation]

Oh....A-am glad.

Yes...I...think so anyway.

[bawlingforsoup]

W-We should be okay i-if something happens because w-we're still... W-We still know what to do.

[motheringnation]

Yes...have been through this already.

....we will do it again.

[bawlingforsoup]

A-And we'll c-come out of it a-again.

[motheringnation]

Right. Come out of it stronger.

[bawlingforsoup]

What doesn't kill us only makes us stronger.

[A little dark? Maybe. Morbid? Perhaps.]

[motheringnation]

Right.

....would be good idea to start stocking food.

Perhaps look or make a bunker though.

[bawlingforsoup]

Mm... And water.

I-I think we might have to make one.

[motheringnation]

Tak, lots of water.

....it sounds like we will.

Perhaps we should work together to make on. Would save time.

[bawlingforsoup]

Water, food... Maybe weapons i-if it comes down to it. W-We don't know what c-could happen.

H-How big?