[Namur freezes in place, making a strange grinding noise in his throat.]
Shhhhhiiiiit. I didn't say nothin'.
[Does he look guilty? He's not guilty, nope. Nothing at all to be guilty about whatsoever over here.
Then something cracks.]
Damn it! Told 'em it was stupid not tellin' y'! I'm sorry, Thatch. It ain't really who had it before so much as who's gonna take it after.
[Namur wrings his hands gingerly, finishing unwrapping one of his palms, thinking maybe somehow that looking down will hide his tears.]
After y' found that damn fruit an' showed it off t' everyone... Well. Guess Marshall recognized it or somethin' cuz he turned, see? Found y' cut open from behind, Teach gone an' the Devil's Fruit nowhere on the ship. We was all pissed but Pops felt weird 'bout it an' Ace...
[He finally glances back up.]
Ace went after him anyway. Teach beat him, turned him in t' the Marines. They used Ace t' draw us out t' war. Full on, gods rotted, all-allies meet at Marineford shitty war. Ace's li'l bro showed up an' helped us get him off the execution stand but Akainu baited him, went after li'l bro an' Ace took the hit t' save him. 'S how he got that nastyass scar messin' up his back. An' front. Bastard punched straight through him, burned up everythin'. So Pops ordered everyone back an' ripped a trench in the ground, right? He stuck 'round on the other side with the Marines t' buy us all time t' escape. Captain's shitty Orders leave him there an' get 'way t'gether. Only Teach showed up then, used that black misty shit an' had his new crew shoot the Old Man t' ribbons. They threw this tarp over him after he was dead an' hell if I know what weird messed up shit he done under there but when he came back out...
[Namur swallows deep, his hands shaking.]
Teach'd took the Old Man's Ability. Had both the earthquakes an' the blackness. Done shit with both of 'em at the same time t' prove it. That's what we ain't been tellin' y'.
[He sniffs.]
Shit. Now y' gotta hear it from me when Ace's gone an' done what he did an' Marco's off chasin' after him like it's some bad case a turn the tables. I'm sorry, Thatch. I shouldn't a promised...
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[Namur freezes in place, making a strange grinding noise in his throat.]
Shhhhhiiiiit. I didn't say nothin'.
[Does he look guilty? He's not guilty, nope. Nothing at all to be guilty about whatsoever over here.
Then something cracks.]
Damn it! Told 'em it was stupid not tellin' y'! I'm sorry, Thatch. It ain't really who had it before so much as who's gonna take it after.
[Namur wrings his hands gingerly, finishing unwrapping one of his palms, thinking maybe somehow that looking down will hide his tears.]
After y' found that damn fruit an' showed it off t' everyone... Well. Guess Marshall recognized it or somethin' cuz he turned, see? Found y' cut open from behind, Teach gone an' the Devil's Fruit nowhere on the ship. We was all pissed but Pops felt weird 'bout it an' Ace...
[He finally glances back up.]
Ace went after him anyway. Teach beat him, turned him in t' the Marines. They used Ace t' draw us out t' war. Full on, gods rotted, all-allies meet at Marineford shitty war. Ace's li'l bro showed up an' helped us get him off the execution stand but Akainu baited him, went after li'l bro an' Ace took the hit t' save him. 'S how he got that nastyass scar messin' up his back. An' front. Bastard punched straight through him, burned up everythin'. So Pops ordered everyone back an' ripped a trench in the ground, right? He stuck 'round on the other side with the Marines t' buy us all time t' escape. Captain's shitty Orders leave him there an' get 'way t'gether. Only Teach showed up then, used that black misty shit an' had his new crew shoot the Old Man t' ribbons. They threw this tarp over him after he was dead an' hell if I know what weird messed up shit he done under there but when he came back out...
[Namur swallows deep, his hands shaking.]
Teach'd took the Old Man's Ability. Had both the earthquakes an' the blackness. Done shit with both of 'em at the same time t' prove it. That's what we ain't been tellin' y'.
[He sniffs.]
Shit. Now y' gotta hear it from me when Ace's gone an' done what he did an' Marco's off chasin' after him like it's some bad case a turn the tables. I'm sorry, Thatch. I shouldn't a promised...