now has several slap marks on his face.

not apologize. "Who the hell are you?" she screeched.

distancing himself while falling over her furniture. "I-I'm James Ling! Why are you trying to KILL me?!" He nearly knocks over a lamp.

advances with a kinmen butcher's knife in her hand. "That's great! Now please explain how you got into my apartment?!"

starts looking around for a weapon he could use. "I don't know! I just woke up and here I am! WILL YOU PUT DOWN THE KNI-" Ahh, perfect.

picks up a mirror and thrusts it in front of his face. "Do you see what I see?"

"What are you talki-" she stops short. Where his face was, was hers. And they looked so similar that it couldn't be a coincidence.

peeks his head out from the mirror, hoping she isn't aiming her knife there.

"I don't get it either..."

putting a knife to his nose, because this is getting way too suspicious. "Are you a country? Which one?" she asks.

very suspicious now, and lowers the mirror. "How do you know about the countries?" he demands.

then notices the knife. It's not a very lovely knife to have next to your nose.

almost wants to strangle this kid. "I'm Taiwan, stupid. It's my buisness to know!"

Jeez, spend a few years off the world stage and the new kids don't even recognize you.

snaps his eyes wide open. "What?! I'm Taiwan!" he shouts. "Who are you really?"

stares at him, dropping the knife (which, thankfully, buries itself in the ground). "No, no, that's not possible. I'm Taiwan."

starts to point at herself. "Mei Ling. Republic of China."

realizes he's been holding his breath. He lets it out with a sigh. "Tai Yin Ling, Republic of China. 台湾. How can there be two Taiwans?"

"We have the same last name. We look alike. We're both Taiwan..." He lets the sentence trail off.

snapped her fingers. "This must be like what happened with Matthew and Madeline!" she exclaimed.

"Unless you're an alien. That's also likely.

tips his head to one side. "Well, I do know someone named Madeline. That's Canada. But I don't really know Matthew that well. I've heard

of him before... And no, I'm not an alien."

shakes her head. "Darnit. Aliens are so much more exciting."