['Greetings, neighbor! Was wondering if you would like to come to some agreement about how to preliminarily divide up the Balkans?', 'Hello there! I think that would be great, how were you thinking of splitting them up?', 'Hmm can I take  Bul & Rum while you take Ser & Gre?', "I'd prefer Ser and Rum out of those four", "I know that would be your preference, but Russia has offered to support me into Rum anyway, so I figured there'd be less hard feelings if we could just agree to this split and both potentially get two builds? Or, if Russia has made conflicting promises to you, then I hope you'd let me know, and then a) I'd appreciate the intel, and b) we could split things your way?"]
Got some bad news for you then, Russia also told me the same stuff. Think he might playing both sides to see what he can get.