[Vivi's brow furrows slightly, and she taps a fingernail absently against her desk.] I'll grant that releasing many of those prisoners isn't something I agree with, but it's not as if they've gathered under Luffy-san's flag. In fact, it seems many of the more dangerous escapees were freed at the hand of a former Shichibukai and have joined causes with him.

[She pauses again to mull over that last bit of Smoker's, trying to figure out what he's getting at. Finally she shakes her head; she just can't see it.] How does that make them more of a threat, Vice Admiral?