>Is this something a government of the time would want, beyond the
>headcount, or just something Remilia expects based on prior, outdated
>knowledge?

Probably the latter, I doubt that "why do you live there?" was a feature of mid-century French censi, but I confess something of a dearth of research on that particular matter.

>This saying has come up a decent amount recently, even just on the
>forums. Is this becoming a running joke, or just one of those times
>the human brain sees patterns because it wants to?

I believe you are experiencing the Baader-Meinhof effect.

--G.
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