[Pauses and thinks that over as well. Sorry, Adele, he just has the need to defy everything... ever.
That said, however, it's not like he wants to stay completely stagnant, getting stronger is important and adaption is just a form of strength. And justice has to be adaptable in order take into account specific circumstances, so isn't that something he should keep up with here? He wasn't arresting the Straw Hat crew because their crimes and danger threat level were a world away and irrelevant here. Resolving things from his past... even if it couldn't be done and wouldn't matter so much in his world, it mattered in Luceti. If he did nothing with it, wouldn't he regret the wasted opportunity? Whatever the cause. Malnosso, lingering effects, or just something else entirely, he could either ignore it all together, or keep moving forward. And Smoker didn't intend to slow down for anything.]
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That said, however, it's not like he wants to stay completely stagnant, getting stronger is important and adaption is just a form of strength. And justice has to be adaptable in order take into account specific circumstances, so isn't that something he should keep up with here? He wasn't arresting the Straw Hat crew because their crimes and danger threat level were a world away and irrelevant here. Resolving things from his past... even if it couldn't be done and wouldn't matter so much in his world, it mattered in Luceti. If he did nothing with it, wouldn't he regret the wasted opportunity? Whatever the cause. Malnosso, lingering effects, or just something else entirely, he could either ignore it all together, or keep moving forward. And Smoker didn't intend to slow down for anything.]
I think I can handle it.