... Probably not. [ it's huffed out quietly ] ... I told you, right? What Whitebeard used to say? He said that to me, when I told him who my birth father was. Even though they were enemies back then, and I'd joined his crew without telling him... All he said was "Who cares who your father is? We are all children of the sea."

[ scritch scritch the kitty ]

... He'd have loved you.