relieved to hear that things are actually going at least a little better for you...though he wonders who or what that something might be.

happy to hear it - she knows things aren't going very well these days, and even the smallest spark of joy is something wonderful.

thankful for the kind-spirited words, because it seems that the deities above are in quite the giving mood lately. But as to Arthur, it is

not related to a certain other nation. He is merely glad that he has finally been welcomed into the WTO after eighteen years of effort.

would've thumped him on the back... if she'd been there.
But really, it doesn't make sense! Why would they take so long? Maybe they were

listing the reasons why he should've been there, and the list was very, very long. gestures distractedly
In any case, he's got a reason

to celebrate now, and perhaps she'd be able to squeeze in that thump on Christmas itself~

would probably not have liked the thump to the back...if she had given him one. He is just as confused as she is, because he has always

thought that he would have been openly welcomed... Oh well. It is all in the past now. He has been accepted, and he will play his part. But

please, try not to...touch him in any way, da?