[Grits teeth.] Portgas, that was a yes. [MORE notes for Kotomi.]
By "we'll see" I mean that literally, in person, whatever happens.
[Folds arms. Ace should thank Kotomi-chan for getting Smoker into the habit of at least explaining some things. In any case, Smoker's pride definitely won't let him let Ace suddenly be better at moving past superficial labels. It's a same-old, same-old isn't it? Since they first met, Ace was the one who said they didn't have to fight and Smoker said he had to arrest him.]
[Except he wasn't going to bother with that in Luceti and... all right, he wasn't comfortable with drinking with a pirate yet, but he did actually want to.]
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By "we'll see" I mean that literally, in person, whatever happens.
[Folds arms. Ace should thank Kotomi-chan for getting Smoker into the habit of at least explaining some things. In any case, Smoker's pride definitely won't let him let Ace suddenly be better at moving past superficial labels. It's a same-old, same-old isn't it? Since they first met, Ace was the one who said they didn't have to fight and Smoker said he had to arrest him.]
[Except he wasn't going to bother with that in Luceti and... all right, he wasn't comfortable with drinking with a pirate yet, but he did actually want to.]