[ okay he is like. really angry at this comic book revelation because he would like his secret lineage he hates to STAY secret so he doesn't have to explain the context of YEA YEA MY DAD WAS A FAMOUS CRIMINAL AND THE WORLD WANTED ME DEAD FOR IT, but this keeps happening.
anyway, he just sounds annoyed ]
... Yeah. They didn't get to cut my head off, though.
[ Rip king (literal, in both ways, soon). But it's okay Ryuki has incredibly little context about this so it's not like he can really actually articulate around it. Also because he's a sap and he doesn't just immediately write off Ace for his dad's crimes, or even his dad based off of these panels alone. ]
... Make sure you take care of yourself, for Tama's sake. And Datz's, really. [ is what he settles on after a second ] I think everyone else I could tell you to take care of, you'd try to make sure they were okay anyway.
That's just the type of guy he is, you know? He made a promise early on, and so he's trying his hardest to keep you guys together. He doesn't think of it as a burden. He just cares a lot.
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Date: 2023-10-23 12:17 am (UTC)anyway, he just sounds annoyed ]
... Yeah. They didn't get to cut my head off, though.
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Date: 2023-10-23 12:28 am (UTC)Did you escape?
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Date: 2023-10-23 12:38 am (UTC)[ ah. ]
Luffy was in the path of an attack because of me, so I took the blow for him. That was that.
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Date: 2023-10-23 12:50 am (UTC)You're a good person, too.
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Date: 2023-10-23 01:36 am (UTC)[ it doesn't make him a good person to correct a mistake by protecting luffy, he thinks ]
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Date: 2023-10-23 01:42 am (UTC)[ It's a lot of things that make up the sum of a person. ]
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Date: 2023-10-23 01:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-23 02:03 am (UTC)But either way you -- it means you saved Tama. And I owe you a lot for that.
...Is there anything I can do, at all? For you...
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Date: 2023-10-23 03:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-23 03:35 am (UTC)Mr. Datz?
[ He wasn't expecting that. Not in the sense that he doesn't think Datz cares about him but enough to warrant a namdrop alongside Tama. ]
...Yeah... I will. Where I can.
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Date: 2023-10-23 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-23 04:07 am (UTC)But he's not the only one. And he doesn't need to be, either. I don't want to be a burden on him either.
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Date: 2023-10-23 04:14 am (UTC)That's just the type of guy he is, you know? He made a promise early on, and so he's trying his hardest to keep you guys together. He doesn't think of it as a burden. He just cares a lot.