Maybe... but they strike me as the stubborn type. We'll see. [ he shrugs ] There's only one man in the world whose orders I'd follow, and he's not here, so. Team leads or not doesn't mean much to me.
Yeah. Be kind of a stupid move. [ he looks at the ceiling instead of hanako for a bit ] ... If it did get to this point, he'd have staged a rescue, too. But he's got a better head for strategy than I do.
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I didn't say I understood it. But that's just how it is.
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[ Ace seemed to him like a "I only listen to myself" sort of person, this catches him off guard ]
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If your captain were here, what do you think he would do?
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[ ace says it proudly because there is no known universe where even nerfed he doesn't entirely believe whitebeard would just. kick everyone's ass. ]
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He nods, because yeah ]
That's the right idea to have. You don't go into a fight thinking you might lose.
[ You step forward filled to the brim with confidence. He remembers when he was like that. ]
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It's too bad, but we're stuck here with you. With me. I shouldn't have asked... All we can do is do what we can.
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Well, maybe it's not a bad idea to think of what better people would do, either. But I'm not all that good at thinking ahead.
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[ at least in Japan, but, anyways, ]
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gestures at norma, rita, will and nico ]
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They definitely arrest kids where I'm from.
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[ like mass murder or something of that level? ]
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[ kids can be arrested for anything he was just curious what hanako counted as a good reason ]
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What's the dumbest thing you can get thrown in jail for?
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Theft, probably? Maybe trespassing? So long as it's a law you're breaking.