Tokyo sighs. “You are so American. This isn’t some gerrymandered pretend democracy like what you’re used to. If enough of us want to meet, the meeting will simply happen as reality responds to our collective will. No vote needed. And no, I will not support a meeting, if that’s what you’ve come here to beg for. Again: I am aware that your city is in danger, but this sounds like a ‘you’ problem.”