[Lithuania expected more anger out of Poland; she didn't expect maturity. There's still anger there, Lithuania is sure, but there isn't shouting or asking to see. Thinking about them like this, she can feel how the skin of her back stretches stiffly when she moves.

But not as much as a decade ago. Not as much as two decades ago. Time passes.]

I could tell you what each of them mean--there's--several. But I'm sure you can imagine. [The World Wars, Lithuania's small rebellions, everything in between.]

I didn't want you to find out like--like that. [She didn't really want Poland to know at all. Or anyone else.]