[third fragrance] video

[fragrancy]

[ The video comes on to Hong Kong sitting down on a log, which has fallen beside several large rocks. On one of these, he's situated a bowl of water. Gathered together in a small pile on the rock immediately in front of him are a variety of wood chips, pebbles, and other objects of a size suitable for flicking into the bowl of water

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[crotchroses]

If anyone grabbed my nose I would smack their very rude hand. [His grin fades a little.]

What's the matter, mm?

[fragrancy]

That's a pretty straightforward way of taking care of it.

[ He shrugs. ] I'm young and impatient, I guess. [ Maybe a little scared, but shh. ]

[crotchroses]

I am not just Europe's brother, you know. You should talk to me, I'll listen!

[fragrancy]

Seems like I have more brothers than I know what to do with. [ He starts picking things out of the bowl. ] I'm pretty sure you could guess.

[crotchroses]

That isn't always a bad thing. [But he knows, man. He knows. About the brother sentiment, not really what's going on. BUT HE'LL WING IT.] Where there are particular age differences, sometimes it is hard to understand one another.

[fragrancy]

Thousands of years seem to have that effect, yeah. [ He shrugs again. ] Somehow I'm not sure it's age differences causing us issues here.

[crotchroses]

Old men can be particularly stubborn.

[fragrancy]

Yeah, that's about right. [ Truer words have never been spoken. ]

[crotchroses]

You are young and impatient but... I would think you are more than capable of giving it time. Not that I'm saying it's easy!

Family, eh?

[fragrancy]

I guess this is gonna teach me patience. [ He's nearly emptied the bowl now. ] Why isn't anything ever easy?

China, Japan... yeah.

[crotchroses]

You lived with Angleterre, you know how he can be. He and I hardly get along because he is a scruffy delinquent, but... that is how things have always been.

[fragrancy]

Yeah, he never let me have very much fun. [ He says while looking utterly unfazed. ]

[crotchroses]

He's old. Old men are stubborn and most of them can't understand. It's like a language barrier.

[fragrancy]

Don't we have a "language barrier" then?

[crotchroses]

Non! I am the brother of nations, so I must understand them and remain a spirit of youth.

[fragrancy]

Well, you're definitely "freer" than some.