[Frowns. He didn't mean to do that. What was the point of meeting Ace here if he was just going to scare him off? How does he fix it though?]
Oi. Ace. [Looks up with big eyes. And uses his other name, it's a big thing, seriously.] Sit down. [Shakes her head.] We'll just talk about anything else.
[Why? Was he really that lonely after all the Malnosso? Still, Smoker could go look in on the turtles. Or practice jitte. Or something less masochistic. But he doesn't want Ace to go. Not like that. He wants information, but if the pirate wants to hold onto those secrets; they aren't the ones Smoker's chasing anyway. Like he told Ace before.]
[And Smoker's looking back down at the bar, not sure whether Ace will stay or go after that. And not sure if he should be hoping for one way or another.]
Sorry. [It's so mumbled, it'd take Ace being right there. And while he doesn't regret saying it... it's strange. Smoker isn't someone who apologizes. Especially not to pirates. Still, he hadn't meant to push the kid's buttons. He was trying not to, wasn't he? Hard to do. Ace was a wildfire with a lot of buttons easily pushed. And Smoker had a tendency to smash through things.]
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Oi. Ace. [Looks up with big eyes. And uses his other name, it's a big thing, seriously.] Sit down. [Shakes her head.] We'll just talk about anything else.
[Why? Was he really that lonely after all the Malnosso? Still, Smoker could go look in on the turtles. Or practice jitte. Or something less masochistic. But he doesn't want Ace to go. Not like that. He wants information, but if the pirate wants to hold onto those secrets; they aren't the ones Smoker's chasing anyway. Like he told Ace before.]
[And Smoker's looking back down at the bar, not sure whether Ace will stay or go after that. And not sure if he should be hoping for one way or another.]
Sorry. [It's so mumbled, it'd take Ace being right there. And while he doesn't regret saying it... it's strange. Smoker isn't someone who apologizes. Especially not to pirates. Still, he hadn't meant to push the kid's buttons. He was trying not to, wasn't he? Hard to do. Ace was a wildfire with a lot of buttons easily pushed. And Smoker had a tendency to smash through things.]