[Nods his head. He will. He wouldn't normally be willing to train a pirate, but well... Smoker's been known to make exceptions]
[He has conditions for it, however. And holds up three fingers to count them off.]
I will depending on three things. First, Zenigata has to be all right with it. [Because teaching jitte to someone who regularly fights his bff: another jitte wielder seems unwise at best, dangerous at worst. And while Smoker assumes Lupin means regular hand to hand, Smoker's style is still straight-forward cop, and he doesn't want to overstep a line.] You can ask him in your own way, or I will. If he refuses then my hands are tied, but I'll try to find a way to teach you something to defend yourself against the other idiots. Secondly, while the Doctor might be overly concerned, I'm not a doctor, and I'm a devil fruit user besides. For some reason she likes you enough that she doesn't want to see you in pain or worse. Pushing the limits is fine, overstepping them isn't. So go see her to make sure you're in enough shape to handle the lessons.
And thirdly, you cross the line in this place once, and you're out. I don't mean the petty kid stuff -- [By which means blowing up your apartment or fight club.] -- I mean if you endanger my other students with something stupid we're through. [Crosses a finger over her neck in demonstration.] Kirimi's gone home so I don't have too many kids in the lessons now, but some of them are clutzes, and others are just starting. If you fool around and get them hurt or involve them in stupid antics, we're done.
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[He has conditions for it, however. And holds up three fingers to count them off.]
I will depending on three things. First, Zenigata has to be all right with it. [Because teaching jitte to someone who regularly fights his bff: another jitte wielder seems unwise at best, dangerous at worst. And while Smoker assumes Lupin means regular hand to hand, Smoker's style is still straight-forward cop, and he doesn't want to overstep a line.] You can ask him in your own way, or I will. If he refuses then my hands are tied, but I'll try to find a way to teach you something to defend yourself against the other idiots. Secondly, while the Doctor might be overly concerned, I'm not a doctor, and I'm a devil fruit user besides. For some reason she likes you enough that she doesn't want to see you in pain or worse. Pushing the limits is fine, overstepping them isn't. So go see her to make sure you're in enough shape to handle the lessons.
And thirdly, you cross the line in this place once, and you're out. I don't mean the petty kid stuff -- [By which means blowing up your apartment or fight club.] -- I mean if you endanger my other students with something stupid we're through. [Crosses a finger over her neck in demonstration.] Kirimi's gone home so I don't have too many kids in the lessons now, but some of them are clutzes, and others are just starting. If you fool around and get them hurt or involve them in stupid antics, we're done.
[Offers a handshake.] Welcome aboard Lupin.