[Closes his eyes.] I've attacked someone and later taken issue with it; realized I went too far. I've even given a free shot for them to take on me -- and given the reputation I have in my world that's no small thing.
[Opens back up to focus directly on Japan.] But if they can't handle it without getting too extreme themselves, my incentive to simply lie over and accept whatever comes rapidly diminishes.
You can't change the past, you can learn from it, and you can try to make up for it. Simply letting anything happen to you just because America is angry, is not going to make up for it or solve it.
If America gets drastic simply for the sake of it, I have no reason not to do likewise.
[Locked; 80%]
[Closes his eyes.] I've attacked someone and later taken issue with it; realized I went too far. I've even given a free shot for them to take on me -- and given the reputation I have in my world that's no small thing.
[Opens back up to focus directly on Japan.] But if they can't handle it without getting too extreme themselves, my incentive to simply lie over and accept whatever comes rapidly diminishes.
You can't change the past, you can learn from it, and you can try to make up for it. Simply letting anything happen to you just because America is angry, is not going to make up for it or solve it.
If America gets drastic simply for the sake of it, I have no reason not to do likewise.