They’re really nice trunks, too. [Koby says it very earnestly, sitting down in the chair across from Usopp and setting a hand on his knee.] And I promise there’s some good stuff here still. Lots of it. Everyone’s really nice, and your whole crew is here. That’s something, right?
[Squeezing his knee, Koby hesitates for a moment, wanting to be gentle about – it all.] They do, yeah. Nami, Zoro, Sanji, Shanks and I were in…another place, before this. It was much, much worse. And then Luffy came here like you did, after we left that place.
[He’s careful about it, not wanting to go too deeply into what exactly “much, much worse” means – it’s violent and horrific and complicated and some of it is for the others to tell.] But we’ve all missed you, a lot. A whole lot.
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[Squeezing his knee, Koby hesitates for a moment, wanting to be gentle about – it all.] They do, yeah. Nami, Zoro, Sanji, Shanks and I were in…another place, before this. It was much, much worse. And then Luffy came here like you did, after we left that place.
[He’s careful about it, not wanting to go too deeply into what exactly “much, much worse” means – it’s violent and horrific and complicated and some of it is for the others to tell.] But we’ve all missed you, a lot. A whole lot.