["Hey there!  Just your friendly neighborhood Russian Bear here, checking in and letting you know communication channels are open.  \nI assume we're looking at a standard Black Sea bounce, see how the rest of the Spring board looks, and going from there?", 'Hi yes happy to bounce Black Sea 🌊 what are your thoughts on austria?', "Betrayed?  Bewildered?  Wrong answer?\nSeriously, no real opinion formed yet.  He was first to reach out, standard fairly neutral greeting and fishing for info, noncommittal on plans  beyond bouncing Galicia and trying not to anger any of his neighbors.  I could go either way on that one.  Life is a little easier for us if we clear that early.\nSo far the only player that strikes me as a bit of a wildcard is Italy.  I suspect that one's going to move aggressively and erratically once he picks a direction - and that could be good or bad, depending.", 'Ok bounce in the black and let us assess in the fall', "*sigh*. This doesn't seem like the most productive way forward for either of us."]
I have been playing a lot of gunboat lately