Mister Sanji. This is Bee. I was the child with the rabbit. I have something to tell you and I think you will probably be very displeased with me.
( be brave, bee!!! )
While you were distracted, I stole a knife from you, right up my shirt sleeve. I am sorry. I was scared but that is no excuse for thievery. I have a new knife now and I feel very guilty about having yours. I can bring it back to you, and I accept whatever punishment you think reasonable.
did you stab anything with it? because if you did, you would have noticed it's pretty shitty for stabbing. it's a flexible blade exclusively used for fish.
i've lived at sea my whole life. so yeah, i cook fish that often.
[ """his whole life""" ]
you need a good knife that gets close to the bone so you don't waste any meat. other knives don't bend like a fillet knife does. fish are bendy. you ever gutted a fish before?
( she should go walk into the ocean for taking something so important to him )
No, not with a bendy knife. I traveled on a ship once. You are right, there was a lot of fish. I think the cook had a big knife though, maybe the size of your hand, or the hoof of a horse. I did not like to look at it.
( neither did she have the option to — it wasn't cooked meals and relaxation for bee. it was raw, rotten fish cut open with her teeth, and hard tack, and sucking on fishbones for days before dwalia was pleased enough with her to offer crusts from her bread. even then, she usually got beaten badly enough that eating wasn't possible with a swollen mouth and fractured ribs. )
cooks have a lot of knives, if they're not shitty cooks.
[ but a ship is typically a bad place to be for a kid, especially a little girl. sanji got away with it because he bullied his way into the kitchen with the rest of the cooks and then gave as good as he got. but most kids get stuck doing far less savory work. he was lucky for that storm, lucky for zeff to come along and seize their ship. in hindsight, he can admit that, now that his belly is full and his skills are sharper than ever. ]
i have your punishment for you. you give me back my knife, and then you have to watch me use it to fillet a fish and then grill it over a fire. then you have to eat it.
( she starts anxiety doodles in the corner of the page — little flowers and purring kittens. the doodling only stops for as long as it takes to switch the colors of her ink. )
[ did he know you were a girl? excuse me? do u know who you are talking to. ]
you ever considered taking a bath?
i'm not a shitty marine. i don't arrest people. i'm a pirate, and i'm the best cook in the east blue. if you thought you were gonna be arrested, why'd you tell me you stole my knife?
( so: no, not unless someone is going to make her. )
Oh. ( pirate?? ) If I knew that I probably would not have told you, but maybe left it on your doorstop? I do not think pirates usually have much sense of justice. Anyway, I thought you were kind to me, and most people are not. I did not think you should be punished for that.
we have a tub. you could use it to bathe. every night, even. then more people would know you're a girl. you were covered in dirt when i saw you last.
[ that much he remembers.
he's not going to go around spouting luffy's "i'm different" narrative, but being kind to a child, unfortunately, is different for a pirate. sometimes it's even different for a not-pirate. ]
i don't have any sense of justice, so don't piss me off. that's not your whole punishment. you're gonna have to learn how to catch a fish yourself, and then how to use the knife properly.
I have heard it is safer to be seen as a boy, because little girls can be hurt worse. Please do not tell anyone I am a girl.
( she will show up washed and with shoes, though. it's probably time she remember that she's a lady and a princess, and not someone who should go around with dirty feet and knotted hair. plus, sanji won't like her if she stinks badly. )
Okay. I will do this. Is it difficult to catch fish?
i don't let people hurt girls. but i won't tell anyone if you don't want me to.
[ because his opinions are fully formed around the things whatever female in the nearest vicinity asks of him. ]
no. i'm catching one now. you just need patience. sometimes you get one right away, and sometimes you have to wait hours before anything bites. the difficult part is not letting it slap you in the face when you get it.
because it's a rule of the universe that men aren't meant to mistreat women. if you screw up that badly as a man, then you're just an asshole that deserves to be hated.
[ he would rather die than become someone that zeff despises — though if he knew what he's already done, the blood on his hands from the mothers, he would. he's broken zeff's rules, and maybe whatever love zeff had for him at the same time. ]
as soon as you want to give my knife back. are you hungry? i can cook this for you now.
don't lump me in with the rest of those shitbags. the north blue is a scary place. there's a big military there that can threaten people across all the seas. what are you a princess of?
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( be brave, bee!!! )
While you were distracted, I stole a knife from you, right up my shirt sleeve. I am sorry. I was scared but that is no excuse for thievery. I have a new knife now and I feel very guilty about having yours.
I can bring it back to you, and I accept whatever punishment you think reasonable.
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[ he maybe owes zoro an apology or twelve. ]
what [ the fuck ] were you gonna do with it?
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did you stab anything with it? because if you did, you would have noticed it's pretty shitty for stabbing.
it's a flexible blade exclusively used for fish.
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( she stabbed the air mainly, practicing the moves her father taught her. still, technically not a lie. )
Why would you need a knife just for fish? Do you cook fish that often?
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[ """his whole life""" ]
you need a good knife that gets close to the bone so you don't waste any meat.
other knives don't bend like a fillet knife does. fish are bendy.
you ever gutted a fish before?
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No, not with a bendy knife.
I traveled on a ship once. You are right, there was a lot of fish. I think the cook had a big knife though, maybe the size of your hand, or the hoof of a horse. I did not like to look at it.
( neither did she have the option to — it wasn't cooked meals and relaxation for bee. it was raw, rotten fish cut open with her teeth, and hard tack, and sucking on fishbones for days before dwalia was pleased enough with her to offer crusts from her bread. even then, she usually got beaten badly enough that eating wasn't possible with a swollen mouth and fractured ribs. )
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cooks have a lot of knives, if they're not shitty cooks.
[ but a ship is typically a bad place to be for a kid, especially a little girl. sanji got away with it because he bullied his way into the kitchen with the rest of the cooks and then gave as good as he got. but most kids get stuck doing far less savory work. he was lucky for that storm, lucky for zeff to come along and seize their ship. in hindsight, he can admit that, now that his belly is full and his skills are sharper than ever. ]
i have your punishment for you.
you give me back my knife, and then you have to watch me use it to fillet a fish and then grill it over a fire.
then you have to eat it.
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( she starts anxiety doodles in the corner of the page — little flowers and purring kittens. the doodling only stops for as long as it takes to switch the colors of her ink. )
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i don't fight girls, either.
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( this is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to her!!!!! )
It does not seem like a punishment.
I was expecting to be arrested for my crime.
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you ever considered taking a bath?
i'm not a shitty marine. i don't arrest people.
i'm a pirate, and i'm the best cook in the east blue.
if you thought you were gonna be arrested, why'd you tell me you stole my knife?
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( so: no, not unless someone is going to make her. )
Oh. ( pirate?? ) If I knew that I probably would not have told you, but maybe left it on your doorstop? I do not think pirates usually have much sense of justice.
Anyway, I thought you were kind to me, and most people are not. I did not think you should be punished for that.
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then more people would know you're a girl. you were covered in dirt when i saw you last.
[ that much he remembers.
he's not going to go around spouting luffy's "i'm different" narrative, but being kind to a child, unfortunately, is different for a pirate. sometimes it's even different for a not-pirate. ]
i don't have any sense of justice, so don't piss me off.
that's not your whole punishment. you're gonna have to learn how to catch a fish yourself, and then how to use the knife properly.
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( she will show up washed and with shoes, though. it's probably time she remember that she's a lady and a princess, and not someone who should go around with dirty feet and knotted hair. plus, sanji won't like her if she stinks badly. )
Okay. I will do this.
Is it difficult to catch fish?
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but i won't tell anyone if you don't want me to.
[ because his opinions are fully formed around the things whatever female in the nearest vicinity asks of him. ]
no. i'm catching one now.
you just need patience. sometimes you get one right away, and sometimes you have to wait hours before anything bites.
the difficult part is not letting it slap you in the face when you get it.
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( people were nice enough to her in chalced, as a little beggar boy — at least, until she stole from them. then it was jail time. )
I will hold the fish away from my face, if I should catch one! I don't want to get slapped.
When should we fish?
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if you screw up that badly as a man, then you're just an asshole that deserves to be hated.
[ he would rather die than become someone that zeff despises — though if he knew what he's already done, the blood on his hands from the mothers, he would. he's broken zeff's rules, and maybe whatever love zeff had for him at the same time. ]
as soon as you want to give my knife back.
are you hungry? i can cook this for you now.
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( bee ur nine )
I am always hungry. I will come meet you.
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don't bring women into this, you shitty kid.
i'll have this one ready for you. then you can watch me fillet the next one on a full stomach.
you can't learn anything when you're hungry.
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Okay.
I should warn you, I do look a bit different from the last time we met.
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sure. and i’m a prince of the north blue.
[ will this egregious truth come back to bite him in the ass? unknown. ]
did you change, too?
when?
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What is the north blue?
Yes, a few days ago now.
I do not look like you.
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the north blue is a scary place. there's a big military there that can threaten people across all the seas.
what are you a princess of?
did someone help you, like you helped me?
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Buck. The capital of the Six Duchies.
( a hesitant tap tap tap of her pencil's tip on the page ( she stuck with a blue one ). eventually she picks it back up. )
No.
But someone is helping me now.
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