[He'll loosen up a bit to think back on that, at least.]

Hm... We have had shared traditions and values for quite some time, but I suppose... When the Emperor's nephew and I visited. Turkey-san and his Emperor at the time-- ah, he was the Ottoman Empire then-- greeted us. The two of them spoke, and so Turkey-san and I were able to speak as well.

[As I head canon shit spontaneously, I DON'T KNOW IF ALEX IS OKAY WITH THIS if not I can retcon shit. Oh well. Sob.]