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so you're not being careful.
you're supposed to be one of the smart ones, you idiot.









i don't know how things work here. but i don't want anything to happen to you.
i don't want a repeat of what happened back at the village here.
keep yourself fucking normal.

[kobes]

Nothing is going to happen to me or any of us.
I promise.

[He can't promise that, actually, and they both know it, but.]

I'll just
Be more cautious, that's all.





Also if
I mean
I know talking isn't really your thing but
If you're still feeling
You know

If things feel weird now that you're back to yourself and not




I'm here, that's all.
I know what that feels like.
So.

[scone]

[ he is. Feeling. and he can't talk to zoro about it because they're not talking about anything, and he doesn't want to bog nami down with any more of his problems when she has a chance to be comfortable and happy for the first time in months. ]

i can't go back to how i was. i don't know if i want to.
but i wasn't ready for everything to change.

i lost something. i don't know what it was. i don't know if i'll ever know.
don't say anything about it to anyone. i don't want them to know.
it's a stupid thing to talk about.

that's why i don't want it to happen to you.

[kobes]

It's not stupid.

[He could say more, but -- that's the most important part. So important that again:]

Nothing about that is stupid.
I'll be careful, but




You're allowed to be angry. About that and about
Being stuck here.
You're not stupid.