Bandits. [ is it better if he corrects people to bandits. no. ] The leader was kind of a hard ass. You work for what you eat kind of deal. The best she'd ever guarantee me was a bowl of rice a day, so I'd go off and hunt instead of doing chores or anything like that.
Well... yeah, pretty much, since I didn't feel like helping out around the house otherwise, and it's not like they liked me hanging around either. So I'd go off in the forest or the dump nearby.
[ he's completely casual about this, and also, he is stealing another marshmallow to just eat like this as they talk ]
Well, I'm old and sentimental enough I do miss that old hag sometimes. [ he's twenty. ] I don't really miss the island, and Luffy's sailing too, so it's not like I've ever planned on going back. But sure, there's some stuff I miss. Like bear meat.
My stupid little brother! [ suddenly sounding crazy fond despite the insult ] He's a pirate too, but he set sail about three years after I did. He's already making waves out on the sea though!
Yeah, I sailed off three years before he did. We'd promised we'd set sail at seventeen. [ why? because reasons apparently since he moves on ] He was always going to be a pirate, though. It's been his dream since way before he met me.
Yeah, Pirate King's a thing. [ there's something a little dry there ] But it's more of a title. The first guy died about twenty two years ago. Left behind everything he'd gotten and told the world to go and get it if they dared, to make a long story short.
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Aren't you a pirate? There can't possibly be a whole lot of bears at sea.
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Nah, man, I did that as a kid before I set sail! That's probably why it's nostalgic.
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[ he had a normal childhood. ]
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[ he's completely casual about this, and also, he is stealing another marshmallow to just eat like this as they talk ]
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Who's Luffy?
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...wait, does that mean he was also raised by mountain bandits?
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[ he sounds amused at the idea of piracy being a family thing though... mystery. ]
Sort of? He was seven when he was brought over. He spent most of his time after that following after me.
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Until you went on to become a pirate, though, right? Then he was on his own until...he also became a pirate.
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Ah, probably throw him a party?
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Yeah? You don't sound so sure.
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