I went to the Californias before The War you know. Every kid wants to take a trip to Disneyland after all. And for all that it’s designed for kids, even rebellious high schoolers can go there and have fun too. I should know. And like all good tourists we went out to check the other things you do on a trip. We walked the stars of Hollywood. We toured the Imperial Palace. I sat at the foot of trees as Cherry Blossoms fell around me. I did that the first time I went, when I really was a kid. A nice lady stopped to tell me how they took those trees from Old Japan before the fall. I found out later that the Empress had told that story for hundreds of years to children who enjoyed her garden. So I guess you could say I’ve known her most of my life.