[Marco watches her curiously, and then shifts to lean back along a single stone step.]
She was the Queen of Fishman Island where Namur is from. Pops and the King were best of friends.
Pops and I... and King Neptune really, we all have a bit more of a temper. The Queen was very wise though. She said it was one thing to want revenge, but we couldn't ever let the kids see it, or they would only grow up knowing that rage and hate.
[He thinks about Ace though. Who really did grow up feeling completely hated by the world, didn't even think they would come get him at Marineford, and then was still executed as a scapegoat because of it. For all of Ace's rage and hate, he still had Pops and the rest of them. So he's not sure he can really understand her sentiments. He respects them because of King Neptune and Jinbei, but he will always be along the school where breaking down the barriers holding them back has to happen first.]
I can't... quite imagine school... to be honest. [He laughs quietly.] We'll I'm a pirate, eh? But I can barely even remember a time I wasn't an outlaw. But I'm spoiled too. My life really began with my Pops, so I never wanted to be around normal people. And my concept of what that is is probably a bit... tainted. Could be worse though. Leanne's forest was burned down by huma-- people, she calls them beorcs. She's like Queen Otohime too though. She's my baby sister now, but if she doesn't come up here to fuss at me for the fire, she's probably going to lecture me about being nicer to them. [But still... she hadn't left. Even though she literally could see into his head, all the murderous thoughts or worse, she stayed. Strong princess, best sister.] Although if the navy was all like this...
[He thinks about it some more. The attempts of the navy to close off Isla Empieza, the ball, the bounties.]
[He just quietly snorts and shakes his head.] In my world the marines are much like the navy here. Except now we've got some marines here from my world who still think there's a way to make nice with the navy here. [Rolls his eyes.] They've done nothing but help the navy. Like I said, they got in the way of that last message I wanted to send. And yet the navy still gave them a bounty. Just because they exist.
[Temporarily removes the smoke and quietly huffs, almost amused.] I consider myself a bad guy, and I still treat people who cooperate better than that, eh?
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[Marco watches her curiously, and then shifts to lean back along a single stone step.]
She was the Queen of Fishman Island where Namur is from. Pops and the King were best of friends.
Pops and I... and King Neptune really, we all have a bit more of a temper. The Queen was very wise though. She said it was one thing to want revenge, but we couldn't ever let the kids see it, or they would only grow up knowing that rage and hate.
[He thinks about Ace though. Who really did grow up feeling completely hated by the world, didn't even think they would come get him at Marineford, and then was still executed as a scapegoat because of it. For all of Ace's rage and hate, he still had Pops and the rest of them. So he's not sure he can really understand her sentiments. He respects them because of King Neptune and Jinbei, but he will always be along the school where breaking down the barriers holding them back has to happen first.]
I can't... quite imagine school... to be honest. [He laughs quietly.] We'll I'm a pirate, eh? But I can barely even remember a time I wasn't an outlaw. But I'm spoiled too. My life really began with my Pops, so I never wanted to be around normal people. And my concept of what that is is probably a bit... tainted. Could be worse though. Leanne's forest was burned down by huma-- people, she calls them beorcs. She's like Queen Otohime too though. She's my baby sister now, but if she doesn't come up here to fuss at me for the fire, she's probably going to lecture me about being nicer to them. [But still... she hadn't left. Even though she literally could see into his head, all the murderous thoughts or worse, she stayed. Strong princess, best sister.] Although if the navy was all like this...
[He thinks about it some more. The attempts of the navy to close off Isla Empieza, the ball, the bounties.]
[He just quietly snorts and shakes his head.] In my world the marines are much like the navy here. Except now we've got some marines here from my world who still think there's a way to make nice with the navy here. [Rolls his eyes.] They've done nothing but help the navy. Like I said, they got in the way of that last message I wanted to send. And yet the navy still gave them a bounty. Just because they exist.
[Temporarily removes the smoke and quietly huffs, almost amused.] I consider myself a bad guy, and I still treat people who cooperate better than that, eh?