It isn't that crying is a bad thing, it's just...to be an outsider and as much as I loved them like a family, I too am an outsider to the family..to go and expect anything out of them is inappropriate. No one had a problem with Masao being there and paying his respects. Until he made a nuisance of himself he was perfectly fine, even if he didn't get the responses he wanted.

[He swallows.]

I didn't cry because it didn't seem real and part of me thought he would come back. Of course, I didn't say anything like that, because that's not the kind of thing you say to his family.

[There are a lot of social rules where Natsuno comes from. It could be hard to navigate for someone like Marco.]

To be nakama? Honestly, it's something I'm still trying to figure out. I don't really have a frame of reference. I've never been trapped in a place with so many people before. I don't mean trapped in a bad way, it's just that at sea there's only so far you can go. I've always been the kind of person who likes to be alone.

That said, if I didn't feel something towards the group, I wouldn't have gotten a tattoo. [He touches his chest.]