gone for a walk, blinking when she saw a figure in the grass. He seemed kind of familiar...

so engrossed in this activity that he doesn't notice Sakura at first, unfortunately.

steps up to him timidly, glancing at the sky, then back to him. "...a-are you okay, sir..?"

drawn out of his cloud-induced trance and widens his eyes in surprise. He blinks at the girl above, thinking she looked awfully familiar.

Like a... prettier version of someone he knows. He smiles gently. "I'm fine, why do you ask?" He looks back up at the

sky, pointing at a cloud towards the horizon. "Don't you think that one looks like a dolphin?"

blinks down at him, trying to decide who he reminded her of."...n-normally I do not see people laying with their hand in the air unless they

require help.." she answers, blinking at the question, and glancing up to the sky, trying to see. "...u-uhm, I am not sure I see...."

sits up, hugging his knees. His smile, though faint, is friendly. "Thank you very much for your concern then, Miss...?" He looked back up

at the cloud, tracing out the tail. "Unfortunately, this dolphin is quite fat. There must be an abundance of cloud fish in the sky."

slightly confused by him, but can't help but smile back. "Ah, Sakura Honda.." she replies, offering her hand for a handshake. "And you

are..?" She watches the sky again, eventually finding the whale. "..ah, I think I see it. Yes he is a bit fat..." She blinks, recognizing

that sort of logic. Was this.. Greece..?

takes her hand and shakes it warmly, eyes slightly widened at the mention of her last name. But then again, it was a common last name,

wasn't it? "Heracles Karpusi," he said after a moment. Now that Japan was on his mind, he realized that Sakura reminded him of Kiku.

"Would you like to sit and join me for a bit?" He asked, wondering if Sakura had something important to do.

blinks at the name, obviously surprised as well. She hesitates a little, but nods, taking a seat beside him. She shifts a little, debating

asking, but decides she might as well. "...s-sorry if this sounds weird, but.... are you, by any chance, Greece...?"

frowns as the fat dolphin slowly dissipates into the atmosphere. He is caught off guard by her question, but her knowledge of

the countries would explain a lot. "Yes. Are you the female counterpart of Japan?" He asked curiously.

glad that she hadn't asked a random human that question then. She smiles and nods. "Ah yes I am. Pleased to meet you then."

's smile is much brighter now. "He and I are good friends." He had heard about their counterparts wandering around,

but had yet to meet any until now. "Have you met him?"

smiles softly and nods. "I am good friends with the female Greece as well, it's good to know these relationships carry on to this

world." She hums sofly. "I have, but I haven't seen him around very often.."

The thought of himself and Japan being friends as girls was quite cute, and it made Heracles smile. "That is unfortunate. I imagine you have

have much in common." Oh, now there was a unicorn in the clouds. He looked back at her. "Can you tell me about your

Greece? What is she like?"

smiles a little and ndos. "Yes, we seem to. I suppose it is bound to happen, considering who we are.." She hums at the question,

glancing at the sky. "Ah... my Greece? She's a lovely woman. Long dark curly hair, the sort of skin tone as you, of course. A philosopher at

heart... though she has a hard time keeping awake sometimes." She was also of course a bit of a sex god, but Sakura wasn't about to

mention that.

A quiet smile remained on Greece's face as Sakura spoke. He wondered if this girl looked anything like Mama Greece, and if so, she sounded

lovely. "Please give her my regards when you see her next. If she is as lovely as you are, I would like to meet her." His gaze slowly

moved over the sky again. "Tell me, Sakura, what do you see in that one?" He asked, pointing.

nods a little, smiling softly at him. "I will be sure to do so." She flushes a little at the compliment, but looks up to the sky, finding

where he was pointing. "Ah.... a..salmon?"

nods. "Yes, I think so. It's even swimming upstream." He wondered if Sakura liked his salted fish as much as Kiku did. "Do you like salmon?"

smiles a little at that and nods. "Ah yes, I agree." She blinks, looking over at him. "Oh yes I do, it's one of my favourites..."

leaned back, resting his weight on his hands. "Salmon are amazing creatures, making such a difficult journey every year, only to willingly

die soon after. I wonder why they give up on life after spawning."

nods, considering that and staring out over the grass. "I suppose it must be because it's in their genetics... it seems like a sad

life though..."

felt a little melancholy now. "It's like their only purpose in life is to reproduce." He pauses.

“But our lives are so long. What gives you purpose, Miss Sakura?”

hums softly. "Ah well.... some would argue that is the purpose of most mortal beings.." She looks at him, debating a moment. "How can we

not live on, though, when ourselves are so intertwined with culture and our citizens?" She shakes her head. "Other than that, it is the smal

*small things. Being proud of my country, but also good friends, quiet moments... all of that..."

thought about this for a moment. “Well, yes, but living for our people is a purpose we didn’t get to choose.” He smiled at her next

statement. “Few people would mention quiet and peaceful moments. They are underappreciated.”

nods. "But it is still a purpose we must fulfill," she replies. She smiles softly at that. "The quiet moments are my favourite moments."