[He gives a snort, knowing full well that will never happen, then rolls his shoulders in something that's more a stretch than a shrug before mirroring Law's actions and taking his coffee cup back up. This time, though, he doesn't drink from it. He can wait. It's too hot.]
Aside from that girl Pudding, a lot of people here don't know much about our world. Of course, I don't know what she's told people. But for most of the last year here, all anyone's learned from me is that it's mostly water and islands, that the Marines try to keep pirates from terrorizing civilians, and that I'm a Marine.
[Which, you know. The last bit he's not thrilled about pointing out to Law again, but he nods to his lantern with its embossed MARINE emblem as if it had come straight off one of their ships.]
They know I protected you. They don't really know... what exactly I did. To them I'm a good, honest, loyal soldier. Just... so you know what my story is here.
[People don't like spies and traitors. Easy to be liked and trusted if he tells a simplified version of his life, that's all.]
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Aside from that girl Pudding, a lot of people here don't know much about our world. Of course, I don't know what she's told people. But for most of the last year here, all anyone's learned from me is that it's mostly water and islands, that the Marines try to keep pirates from terrorizing civilians, and that I'm a Marine.
[Which, you know. The last bit he's not thrilled about pointing out to Law again, but he nods to his lantern with its embossed MARINE emblem as if it had come straight off one of their ships.]
They know I protected you. They don't really know... what exactly I did. To them I'm a good, honest, loyal soldier. Just... so you know what my story is here.
[People don't like spies and traitors. Easy to be liked and trusted if he tells a simplified version of his life, that's all.]