[ joke's on her! she's close enough he can reach over and kind of shove at her shoulder gently, now ]

What are you apologizing to me for? [ he doesn't want it. not from anyone, but not from her, not when she's feeling like this. and maybe this isn't the time or place. he's kind of dodged prodding at it a lot out of respect, because he can tell she doesn't want to speak about it, but. ] You know, Luffy used to say the worst thing in the world was being alone. [ there's a pause, before he continues: ] You've been alone a long time, haven't you?