[France has to stop to consider this. It takes him a bit to respond as he thinks back over the others of his sort that have been and are currently here as well as a few figures related to his history that have appeared. There have been quite a few.]

[When he finally speaks, his tone is careful and uncertain.]

I don't know. There were quite a few of my sort who were here when I first arrived, so I don't believe that I was the originally marker. China arrived at the same time I did, but he has since left twice and returned once. Besides other Nations, there have been appearances of humans who have been important to me.

[The last sentence has the most obvious ring of grief about it, and France's lips twist on his next words.]

They did not always know me.