[A slight flush. How is he supposed to take that? Nico Robin. Saved by his mentor, his best friend, just like Smoker himself was, and with as much aggravation for Kuzan and Akainu in return.]
[She wasn't his little sister, but in another time and place, if things had been even a hair different, she would have been. He would have protected her from anything and they'd have been closer than he was to Hina. God, whatever happened to Zompano wasn't enough.]
Maybe. [A slight puff on the cigars.] Planning to show me up? [Truth told her sense of balance is probably better than his own.
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[She wasn't his little sister, but in another time and place, if things had been even a hair different, she would have been. He would have protected her from anything and they'd have been closer than he was to Hina. God, whatever happened to Zompano wasn't enough.]
Maybe. [A slight puff on the cigars.] Planning to show me up? [Truth told her sense of balance is probably better than his own.