"Russia...are you there?"
"Da."
"What's happened to us...?"
Russia took a few moments to answer. "We've become one."
"But...I was already one with you..."
"Sit up."
France did as he was told, sitting up in that strange room they were in earlier. "Why...?"
"Look." He stood up and examined himself in the window's reflection. Nothing had changed.
"I don't understand..."
"Look closer."
Suddenly France realized something. "Where...?!" Before Russia could answer they were plunged into darkness again.
--
He could hear talking, strange and other-worldy, as he slowly regained consciousness. He could hear Russia's quiet snoring but it sound