[while John and Mariko sit at the rocks, they feel a small tremor]
The hell was that?
Just a baby earthquake.
A... A b-baby what?
You will most certainly experience more while you are here. There are also tsunami that come from the sea and fires that break out in the villages and cities. It is why our houses are built to go up as quickly as they come down. Because death is in our air. And sea and earth. It can come for us at any moment. Before you meddle with our politics, just remember... we live and we die. We control nothing beyond that.
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