[it's not fair. He gets it with a sudden clarity. It's not. This kind of thing... isn't something Smoker should have to explain. Maybe he doesn't know and maybe he can't explain-- because Luffy isn't understanding. It is what he makes it but no one person can make it all by themselves. It is what two people make it and what everyone makes it. It's why you traveled with crew cuz just one person making it alone was lonely.
But it's not fair. He says that Luffy should do what he wants because he likes pirates even if he hates them. He's a weird Marine whose almost a pirate but still a Marine. But he's here because they are friends and maybe he doesn't know what else to do or how else to show it.
Maybe in some things you just had to be alone and watch and wait. Like finding a faint deer trail in the grass and watching that spot every day until you saw the deer and followed it and learned what deer were like in that place and what they ate. Maybe it was something different that he would never get. Maybe he would stop caring one day or maybe he always would.
But it wasn't fair for Smoker to be in that spot.
Luffy stands, dusting off the hat and putting it on his head. That was why there was a separation from pirates and marines. Smoker wanted to make the world a better place which is why Luffy liked him. Luffy just wanted to have fun and do whatever he wanted. It meant he could be selfish if he wanted and it meant he didn't have to be if he didn't want.]
Then don't worry about it.
[he moves past Smoker, taking one of his cigars as he goes and holding it between his teeth but he keeps on moving toward the figurehead where he belongs]
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But it's not fair. He says that Luffy should do what he wants because he likes pirates even if he hates them. He's a weird Marine whose almost a pirate but still a Marine. But he's here because they are friends and maybe he doesn't know what else to do or how else to show it.
Maybe in some things you just had to be alone and watch and wait. Like finding a faint deer trail in the grass and watching that spot every day until you saw the deer and followed it and learned what deer were like in that place and what they ate. Maybe it was something different that he would never get. Maybe he would stop caring one day or maybe he always would.
But it wasn't fair for Smoker to be in that spot.
Luffy stands, dusting off the hat and putting it on his head. That was why there was a separation from pirates and marines. Smoker wanted to make the world a better place which is why Luffy liked him. Luffy just wanted to have fun and do whatever he wanted. It meant he could be selfish if he wanted and it meant he didn't have to be if he didn't want.]
Then don't worry about it.
[he moves past Smoker, taking one of his cigars as he goes and holding it between his teeth but he keeps on moving toward the figurehead where he belongs]
Just relax. It'll all work out.