[America must be feeling very sentimental, indeed, to be saying all these things. England's saucy expression falls off his face, replaced with curiosity and some vulnerability.] "Always"?
[Maybe it shouldn't be a surprise. He does remember America saying some things that implied his feelings aren't necessarily recent, but it would be easy to say that sort of thing out of regret, without necessarily meaning it.]
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[Maybe it shouldn't be a surprise. He does remember America saying some things that implied his feelings aren't necessarily recent, but it would be easy to say that sort of thing out of regret, without necessarily meaning it.]