[All fixed.]
Ah… I see what happened here lol.
I don’t write down things literally, and instead write the meaning behind it.
In my notes, I have certain words coded. When I looked up the strips with America and Canada, I had it listed as “grew up together after being born.” That’s why I overlooked it. I apologize for that, as Canada does actually say this!
But, this is still really important in clearing up the fact that Canada doesn’t mean “since” as in literally the moment when they were born, as the anon had interpreted it as.
By “since”, he means as in after the fact that they were born and introduced to each other as siblings. That’s the context it’s to be understood as in the strips. Still, thank you very much for pointing this out. I hope this clears things up.
Sorry, I have an obnoxious tendency to assume that people already bear similar interpretations to me, as opposed to taking things literally.
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