Yohoho~ I swear on my piano that you shall come to no harm aboard this ship; we may be in a race, but we are all brothers and sisters among the waves.

[Some liked to say that there was no honor among pirates; that they were nothing but bloodthirsty thieves who'd stab their own mothers in the back for a profit. While that was true of some, it wasn't the mold that made a pirate...it was often that crews that crossed paths would actually help one another, sharing supplies, food, and whatever else they had on hand. Honor was in Brook's day, and even now in this new age of pirates he had been experiencing, still very important and if this fishman meant them no harm, then there was no reason to extend a discourtesy to him.]

Luffy-san should be able to help you up better than I can, I'm afraid I'm nothing but skin and bones...minus the skin~ Yohohohoho~!

[With that laugh, he began to pull himself back up the rope, quite pleased with his newest skull joke.]