I thought your crew met Rayleigh, Gecko Moria, and Crocodile.
No one comes out of it without losing something. Whether it's as mild as innocence or as big as a life.
The New World... It's not just chaos. Pirates thrive on chaos, but the New World sets everything against pirates to break them. A loss or two might happen, but it's okay. The strongest aren't those who never lose anything. The strongest are those who get back up, who never give up, who find reasons in each other to keep going. They're the ones who make that loss mean something. Like how Shanks added his scars from Blackbeard to his flag, or how Pops and I built our crew's reputation for revenge. [His expression softens even more, a little quiet.] Or your tattoo, aye?
For all the horrors the Malnosso can provide, it's not so different from the New World in a lot of ways. Whatever they can do to you or your nakama, they can't hurt you where it matters most. [He doesn't explain "where" that is, but he gives her a slightly piercing look, his head cocked to the side like a bird's, but gazing as though trying to sum her up or somehow give her a hint without saying any extra words, perhaps to see if she already knows the answer deep inside.]
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No one comes out of it without losing something. Whether it's as mild as innocence or as big as a life.
The New World... It's not just chaos. Pirates thrive on chaos, but the New World sets everything against pirates to break them. A loss or two might happen, but it's okay. The strongest aren't those who never lose anything. The strongest are those who get back up, who never give up, who find reasons in each other to keep going. They're the ones who make that loss mean something. Like how Shanks added his scars from Blackbeard to his flag, or how Pops and I built our crew's reputation for revenge. [His expression softens even more, a little quiet.] Or your tattoo, aye?
For all the horrors the Malnosso can provide, it's not so different from the New World in a lot of ways. Whatever they can do to you or your nakama, they can't hurt you where it matters most. [He doesn't explain "where" that is, but he gives her a slightly piercing look, his head cocked to the side like a bird's, but gazing as though trying to sum her up or somehow give her a hint without saying any extra words, perhaps to see if she already knows the answer deep inside.]