... 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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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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[a little sniff. she's a cat, so it sounds kind of weird, but.] It's not like I haven't seen people die before. I have, a lot.
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she's quiet again, and then:]
Nico - Nico told me if I wanted to, I could go to his world. After all of this is over. If we don't fuck up. [...] But I thought about...
[she stops. she just stops there.]
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... I would've offered too. If I thought it was an option.
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I wanted to. I wanted to do all the pirate stuff too.
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