... Your sidekick gig? [ scritch scritch ] See, this is why Pops had to fight me for three months before I agreed to join him. You need time to know who you're working with.
What, were you twisting his arm? [ he's only got one ace that's rude. ] He can't accept the people he followed could be this wrong, so he's taking it out on you? He's an idiot.
... 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."
Yeah, of course he did. [that's not sarcastic or anything, it's just like - yeah, of course he'd do that for you. that's what you do for people you care about. you wage war for them, in both small and mighty ways.]
Ace, how did you... [she starts, and then. hesitates. she's not sure if she wants to know the answer to this question.]
[ ... he is trying to figure out a way so she is not fucked up about it but he doesn't think saying he was fine with it will help so he's like hhhhhhh ]
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[ try, anyway, but he's letting her have this, even though generally he is not about being saved by anyone. ]
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... I'm sorry that guy was such an ass. [ belated. sword guy whose name he doesn't know. ]
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[she mumbles.]
My Boss. Or I guess ex-boss. I think I got fired. [...] He just figured out what he wanted to see.
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[ it's a joke. he's trying. ]
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He got set up by the Director. She made it look like he killed the Queen. So I... you know, everybody hated him too.
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[ the set up. he sounds mad. ]
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Why wouldn't he?
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[ just getting madder. absolute hypocrisy in this chilli's tonight ]
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But he was misunderstood. [she says, bitterly.] He was a good guy being dragged into doing evil things because of a m-- a monster.
[she has a hard time saying that word, but she manages.]
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They just see what they want to see. They need something to blame. So it's me. [it's her. it's mika, it's ace.]
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Thanks. [for being so mad on her behalf.]
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... For what?
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[you know, for wanting to be treated like a person instead of a thing]
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... They shouldn't have said anything like that to you, either.
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[ scritch scritch the kitty ]
... He'd have loved you.
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he pets, and she purrs quietly.]
I think I would've liked him, too. [she answers, voice a little raw.] He sounds like someone worth knowing.
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[ to. try to explain the past tense a bit. he doesn't know, if whitebeard dies for sure, but. ]
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Yeah, of course he did. [that's not sarcastic or anything, it's just like - yeah, of course he'd do that for you. that's what you do for people you care about. you wage war for them, in both small and mighty ways.]
Ace, how did you... [she starts, and then. hesitates. she's not sure if she wants to know the answer to this question.]
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[ he told her he took a hit for luffy, and that is as much of that as he is willing to describe. ]
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a pause, and then:] Okay.
[she doesn't really know what else to say to that. she'll just imagine it instead.]
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... Don't think about it too much.
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