The grin tightened. Marco's general desire to smack Ace upside the head to knock sense into him only grew stronger the more Ace recklessly let himself get hurt, but he was still alive and that was important. "He's done a lot worse to himself before," Marco answered simply with a distant look.

Impel Down.

The worst pirate prison in the world, made up to be hell itself and they hadn't been there to save him from it until it was too late. "He's always been like that, eh," he glanced back to Selphie. "If anything, I think he was trying so hard to get to you as quickly as he could because he's been there before. So I'm sorry we didn't get to you sooner. Are you all right?"