I know.

[Quietly.]

Zura.

[This is a loaded question, but despite having such different opinions and personalities, these two men have always gotten on very well.]

Ya think it would've been different? If the tables were turned.

[He clears his throat, to clarify.]

If we were the ones with the flyin' saucers and fancy machines, and we could-

[Sakamoto looks down at the ground, hoping that Zura will understand what he's getting at.]

Look, I'm not tryin' ta defend what they did.

[Because it hurt him too, but it's happened.]

But you really think we can just kick 'em out like that? Japan ain't what it used to be.

It's so different now.

[Earth has benefited from their technology, their medicines, their wealth.]

Even if we kick 'em out, it'll never be the same.