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[vulpesvivus]

They say 'the apple never falls far from the tree.' That one's got something to do with family and where you come from influencing you.

But what if the tree's on a hill? Maybe it will fall nearby, but it doesn't have to stay there. If it's something like that, the apple could roll as far as it wanted to. You can't really help what family you're born into and how, but it's up to you whether or not it makes a difference. An apple can only fall off a tree once, but it can travel anywhere after that.

What do you think? Does the kind of family someone's born into really determine anything about them?

[Otacon sighed as he sent the message--there was no way Liquid could ignore something like that. Fine with him, that was the whole point. Just like it had been the first time around, someone had to stop him from doing stupid things around here. Otacon couldn't control him--really, who could control Liquid Snake--but he could keep an eye on the soldier and make sure he didn't start more trouble than was necessary.]

[He stood outside the Goldenrod hotel, Pokegear in hand, and simply waited, the Chatot perched on his shoulder whistling softly and ruffling her feathers.]

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[vulpesvivus]

It's probably pretty normal to wonder how things would turn out if circumstances had been different.

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[gochuugoku]

It is and I'm sure everyone has done it at least once or twice. Besides, in Asia quite a number of people believe in reincarnation, so we wonder what our next lives might be.

I know my family had some influence over me. After I met my siblings, I realized that I needed to take my personal safety more seriously since they needed me to raise them. Before, I was used to being by myself and taking care of only myself.

[Technically he was taking care of his people too, but he was usually left to his own business unless there was something important.]

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[vulpesvivus]

I've been mostly on my own since I was a teenager. I didn't really...have any siblings to raise, so I just tried to take care of myself.

It was a little harder than it should have been.

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[gochuugoku]

Taking care of another person is never easy, you should not be so hard on yourself.

And to add more to the question you presented in your broadcast I will say this. In China, the family you are born into determines many things about you. Or to put it simply, even when you are only a few days, or even only a few hours old, people are already judging you, or they have such high expectations of you.