catchall nimona

[selfimmolation]

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[selfimmolation]

... You're better off not knowing the details. It wasn't pretty.

[ he told her he took a hit for luffy, and that is as much of that as he is willing to describe. ]

[sharkgirl]

[honestly he is saving her from nightmares here, so. that's fine.

a pause, and then:] Okay.

[she doesn't really know what else to say to that. she'll just imagine it instead.]

[selfimmolation]

[ ... 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 ]

... Don't think about it too much.

[sharkgirl]

I'm trying not to. It's like when you tell someone not to think about a pink elephant and that's the first thing you do.

[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.

[selfimmolation]

So have I. It doesn't make it easy. [ this is such a bummer. damn it. ]

[sharkgirl]

[it's different, she thinks, when it's someone she cares about.

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.]

[selfimmolation]

[ ... it feels mean, to say it now when it's not, but: ]

... I would've offered too. If I thought it was an option.

[sharkgirl]

I know. [she does know that.]

I wanted to. I wanted to do all the pirate stuff too.

[selfimmolation]

... You'd make a great pirate.

[sharkgirl]

I don't even need one of the fruits, I guess.

[selfimmolation]

You're more powerful than a lot of pirates without it already.