#15

[manticorean]

Well, that's new.

I think I might be the first person to get hate mail in ancient Minoan.

I especially appreciate the handy-dandy translations on the side. Never woulda known what they were without them. Thanks, White. If you're really here, I'm so gonna kill you. For real, this time.

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[reckless_eagle]

Most of mine are in Polish. The rest are like, in Latin.

...Mostly the ones with the hardcore blasphemy. Ugh.

[reckless_eagle]

It'd kinda like, defeat the whole point, I think.

Yeah, that's totally fair. I mean, I've like, never really had any family, but sounds like you've got a right to be upset or whatever.

[manticorean]

...yeah. Yeah, I guess.

I never really had much of a family, either. I mean, they were my brothers and sisters, but... not. It's really complicated.

[reckless_eagle]

...I might get that. I mean. I think I might be kinda related to Minsk and Kiev and Rus, but not really. They're all super-close with each other, but they've never had much to do with me, even though we're all Slavs...

But it's cool! The Church raised me, and my kings always try their best to take care of me, and Liet and Hungary are way awesome allies, so I'm fine without a family.

[manticorean]

I wonder if my family tree would make more sense if I thought of it in terms of nations. Probably not, but that seems to be a trend around here.

[reckless_eagle]

I think our family trees make even less sense than most human's, honestly. Like, it's hard to tell who Rome fathered and who he just conquered and raised like they were his, and half of us never really had parents or guardians--seriously, like, as far as we can tell, young Nations just appear when it's time. It's mega-weird, even to us.

[manticorean]

It's... not all too different with me and mine, actually. I was manufactured. I had one mother, but I'll have a hell of a time figuring out how many fathers I might've had.

[reckless_eagle]

...Manufactured? Like, how would that even...?

[There is SO MUCH that just doesn't make sense to him. 600 years of scientific and historical developments that he's just missed completely.]

[manticorean]

In a lab. Most people would call us "test tube babies," I guess. Just grab enough genes and splice 'em together, and you could get something vaguely human-looking. At least, that's how it goes where I'm from. Apparently, it's not the same everywhere.

[reckless_eagle]

That... sounds kinda blasphemous. Why would people do that?

[manticorean]

I guess that's one way to describe it.

If you make your own humans, you can weed out the weaknesses. If you weed out the weaknesses, you can have stronger soldiers. If you have stronger soldiers, you have more power. And if there's one thing human beings all over the place love, it's more power.

[reckless_eagle]

Power's like, okay, if you're just using it to protect people. And that all sounds like something that guy from Germany's place would say...

[You know, the one he shanked like, a week ago.]

[manticorean]

Nobody uses power to protect people, except the freaks of the world. As for me, I'm proud to be a freak.

[reckless_eagle]

If that's what makes a freak, you totally should be. I like, think it's more trouble than it's worth in the long run, if it's not used to take care of people.

[manticorean]

You're the first person I've met a long time that thinks like that. Congrats on not being a scumbag.

[reckless_eagle]

Yeah, well, I totally try.

Like, what's your name, anyway? I'm Poland.