[ he doesn't think so, either. she's not from his world. but it's just something that was drilled into him, to never speak about it. ]
... Twenty two years ago, there was a man they called the Pirate King. The most wanted man in the world. His name was Gol D. Roger, but they called him Gold Roger. [ the name was in the memory, briefly, so he's just putting context behind him ] Fame, fortune-- he had it all. He was caught and executed in front of the entire world. But before he died, he told everyone he hid everything he ever found in One Piece, and that they should get to the sea to seek it out for themselves. That was the start of what they now call the great pirate age.
[ he looks pretty bland as he recites it, like it's a history lesson. ]
I'm a pirate, but I can't pretend most pirates aren't scum. I've fought enough of them to know. The world changed the day he died. The Government wanted to make sure there wasn't any of his legacy left, so they looked everywhere. They found an island, and they investigated every child, infant and pregnant woman there that seemed suspicious. Killed everyone who might have fit the bill of being his child.
[ ... ]
They missed me. My mother... I took her name, because she managed to keep me hidden by pure willpower. She stopped herself from giving birth to me for twenty months. I was born two years after the Pirate King died. No one could've made the connection. It killed her. [ the implication, the way his breath hitches a little at that, is I killed her, because if she'd had any other option-- but this isn't about that. or about me having to acknowledge one piece's ridiculous Pregnant For 20 Months storyline ] Luffy's grandfather is the one who caught Roger, so he got him to take care of me as a favor. He hid me with the bandits. Blackmailed them into taking care of me.
[ he looks down at his hands for a second before he turns to grin at nimona, humorless ]
So... That's it. I've got the blood of devil in me.
[ he'd say more, but, well, she's seen what people had to say about the potential of the existence of gold roger's child. "die and say sorry I was ever born" is kind of the least of it. ]
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... Twenty two years ago, there was a man they called the Pirate King. The most wanted man in the world. His name was Gol D. Roger, but they called him Gold Roger. [ the name was in the memory, briefly, so he's just putting context behind him ] Fame, fortune-- he had it all. He was caught and executed in front of the entire world. But before he died, he told everyone he hid everything he ever found in One Piece, and that they should get to the sea to seek it out for themselves. That was the start of what they now call the great pirate age.
[ he looks pretty bland as he recites it, like it's a history lesson. ]
I'm a pirate, but I can't pretend most pirates aren't scum. I've fought enough of them to know. The world changed the day he died. The Government wanted to make sure there wasn't any of his legacy left, so they looked everywhere. They found an island, and they investigated every child, infant and pregnant woman there that seemed suspicious. Killed everyone who might have fit the bill of being his child.
[ ... ]
They missed me. My mother... I took her name, because she managed to keep me hidden by pure willpower. She stopped herself from giving birth to me for twenty months. I was born two years after the Pirate King died. No one could've made the connection. It killed her. [ the implication, the way his breath hitches a little at that, is I killed her, because if she'd had any other option-- but this isn't about that. or about me having to acknowledge one piece's ridiculous Pregnant For 20 Months storyline ] Luffy's grandfather is the one who caught Roger, so he got him to take care of me as a favor. He hid me with the bandits. Blackmailed them into taking care of me.
[ he looks down at his hands for a second before he turns to grin at nimona, humorless ]
So... That's it. I've got the blood of devil in me.
[ he'd say more, but, well, she's seen what people had to say about the potential of the existence of gold roger's child. "die and say sorry I was ever born" is kind of the least of it. ]