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( okay, so they're definitely not talking about koby, who is far too earnest to ever own the title lovesick from anyone. the only other person she knows from shanks' past is buggy, who she and luffy had their own choice words about in the past few weeks — namely he's hot and oh no. so it is maybe not such a hideous thing to hear from shanks at the current moment, imagining a much younger shanks pining over a much different version of buggy. nami wouldn't have understood that feeling before joining the straw hats: what it's like to keep a candle lit, what it's like to sit at the bow of a ship and earnestly await land. she never pined before this thing while zoro and sanji. and now

she can't imagine never doing it again. she says the quiet part out loud. )

if the path you're on seems too easy, you're on the wrong path

( only to her, it's a quote from luffy. she's not saying yes or no, you'd have to pin her down and force truth serum in her mouth first. but, sure — maybe it's yes. maybe sanji is worth a little heartache. )

it's not too late for you either, you know
you're not that old
i mean, you're not bed bound or something. you've still got both feet. they can move you in the right direction.

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( he can't help but smile a little to himself, seeing the way his own advice has been passed on from luffy to his crew. nice to know that luffy was listening, sometimes. it's the next messages that give him pause, the smile fading into something more pensive. )

Careful, you're almost starting to sound like me.

( but he mulls those words over for a moment — they can move you in the right direction — and despite how easy it would be to shoot back something pessimistic, to say something like it's not that easy ... maybe it is that easy. and maybe isn't such an awful thing to hope. )

I'm not sure I know what the right direction is anymore, but
I suppose you've a point.