[Leans up close and peers at him, finally sighing and looking away.]
The only one here worried about that is you. [Sits down on the ground crosslegged and arms folded. Yeah, Ikki told him not to do things like that, but he doesn't know how to act like a girl. He's certainly not going to flirt. Even if he could.]
I fought Blackbeard here. Before he got stronger. Do you think anyone could have taken him down?
[Lays on his back looking up at the sky. Blame the Malnosso, blame being alone with his own thoughts for a month and a half on end, blame Valentine's Day and all of it, the end result was still that Smoker was sitting here trying to make sense to a pirate. And it was grating.] Don't confuse me for Akainu, pirate. I hate him, and I'm nothing like him. [Still a marine though. Could Ace really get over that? Could Smoker?] From here on out -- and before -- I'm not talking about your past. Because I don't give a damn about it. Just this world, this place, this future. Got it?
[Furrows her brow cutely, trying to figure out whether to even explain herself. Would it smooth things over and just sound as stupid as he thought? What did have to lose at this point? He'd already made a fool of himself twenty times today.] I asked about your brother because it's important to you. And when I said downfall I meant here. Fighting me. Don't read volumes into what I say. If I want to mock you, it won't be underhanded, and it'll be obvious. [So they both assumed the other would mock each other. Did that mean Ace wasn't mocking him before? No, that was impossible.]
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The only one here worried about that is you. [Sits down on the ground crosslegged and arms folded. Yeah, Ikki told him not to do things like that, but he doesn't know how to act like a girl. He's certainly not going to flirt.
Even if he could.]I fought Blackbeard here. Before he got stronger. Do you think anyone could have taken him down?
[Lays on his back looking up at the sky. Blame the Malnosso, blame being alone with his own thoughts for a month and a half on end, blame Valentine's Day and all of it, the end result was still that Smoker was sitting here trying to make sense to a pirate. And it was grating.] Don't confuse me for Akainu, pirate. I hate him, and I'm nothing like him. [Still a marine though. Could Ace really get over that? Could Smoker?] From here on out -- and before -- I'm not talking about your past. Because I don't give a damn about it. Just this world, this place, this future. Got it?
[Furrows her brow cutely, trying to figure out whether to even explain herself. Would it smooth things over and just sound as stupid as he thought? What did have to lose at this point? He'd already made a fool of himself twenty times today.] I asked about your brother because it's important to you. And when I said downfall I meant here. Fighting me. Don't read volumes into what I say. If I want to mock you, it won't be underhanded, and it'll be obvious. [So they both assumed the other would mock each other. Did that mean Ace wasn't mocking him before? No, that was impossible.]