[7 months ago, Smoker would have just said fuck it and bluntly said exactly what he meant.]
[5 months ago he DID do that, and showed someone since words weren't enough.]
[He wants a drink, but that would definitely make this worse given how it loosened his tensions enough to call Augustine in the past.]
[Fuck, he hates himself.]
[Aaaaargh.]
[All right, a joke. Deflect. Make it easy.]
I'm good at bikes. [DRYLY. Because if Ace didn't know by now that Smoker worked on motorcycles whenever he wasn't talking justice, reading, or doing shit with the dogs...]
[But then Smoker snorts... and laughs a short bark again.]
Not that you ever gave a fuck about that. My last girlfriend, that's how I met her.
[Huff.]
[Beating the shit out of things.]
[Certain things that shouldn't be said in public.]
[A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T BE SAID IN PUBLIC!!!]
[Such red ears.]
I didn't expect Rip to -- [Scratches an ear like a dog!] I just meant -- she spends downtime with me too. She said once she understood finally what Augustine saw in me.
Did she tell you anything about him?
[Catches one of the balls Ace throws before the dog can, and with a smirk, brings it over to Portgas with an expectant "THROW IT AGAIN!!!!" face. Literally one of them.]
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[EARS RED.]
[Grrrrrrr.]
[7 months ago, Smoker would have just said fuck it and bluntly said exactly what he meant.]
[5 months ago he DID do that, and showed someone since words weren't enough.]
[He wants a drink, but that would definitely make this worse given how it loosened his tensions enough to call Augustine in the past.]
[Fuck, he hates himself.]
[Aaaaargh.]
[All right, a joke. Deflect. Make it easy.]
I'm good at bikes. [DRYLY. Because if Ace didn't know by now that Smoker worked on motorcycles whenever he wasn't talking justice, reading, or doing shit with the dogs...]
[But then Smoker snorts... and laughs a short bark again.]
Not that you ever gave a fuck about that. My last girlfriend, that's how I met her.
[Huff.]
[Beating the shit out of things.]
[Certain things that shouldn't be said in public.]
[A LOT OF THINGS THAT SHOULDN'T BE SAID IN PUBLIC!!!]
[Such red ears.]
I didn't expect Rip to -- [Scratches an ear like a dog!] I just meant -- she spends downtime with me too. She said once she understood finally what Augustine saw in me.
Did she tell you anything about him?
[Catches one of the balls Ace throws before the dog can, and with a smirk, brings it over to Portgas with an expectant "THROW IT AGAIN!!!!" face. Literally one of them.]