we promised we'd be pirates so we could be free feels so similar, like the echo of a promise she made once. she frowns, as much as her kitty face allows, and then:]
Why'd they shoot it down? Just for no reason? [she sounds a little angry on his behalf, almost.] ... That's garbage, that - sucks.
[her tail wraps gently around his wrist where he's scritching, bracing.]
He was in their way, probably. [ there is something like an old anger there, but he sighs and scritches and tries to let it go ] Yeah. It sucked. They had to tie me down so I didn't do anything stupid. Sabo was-- he was a lot better, as a brother. As a person. [ he says it like it's a fact ]
He asked me to take care of Luffy for him. And I promised Luffy we'd live without regrets and be free for Sabo.
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we promised we'd be pirates so we could be free feels so similar, like the echo of a promise she made once. she frowns, as much as her kitty face allows, and then:]
Why'd they shoot it down? Just for no reason? [she sounds a little angry on his behalf, almost.] ... That's garbage, that - sucks.
[her tail wraps gently around his wrist where he's scritching, bracing.]
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He asked me to take care of Luffy for him. And I promised Luffy we'd live without regrets and be free for Sabo.
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[maybe she's allergic to sorry, but not this as much.] Not everybody would just pick up like that, like, they just. They just wouldn't.
[a beat, and then a little fiercely:] You're good too.
[after he's spent half an hour trying to remind her that she's got a soul, she can't just let he was a lot better slide.]
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... Thanks. I'm trying, now. [ he laughs a bit, sheepish ] Sorry about talking your ear off.