Oi, oi. I'd hate it if she thought that. It'd make me seem like less of a man if I'd rather save money than go out with someone that pretty.

[Completely self-defeating, more like. Still, Ace wanted to bite his tongue, since he realized Marco was probably more spot-on than he thought.]

Still, I'm not their type, anyway. Seein' as they're not really willingly bein' pirates... [He still managed to smile at that, at least. Selphie included. Ace assumed she let him stick around because he was warm and he presumed the same because she was probably just being nice to him as the Captain.] I don't think it'd work. Sometimes, I think I'm holdin' everyone hostage with this whole get-up. I wanna give 'em what they want, but it still feels like I'm reachin' too far.