we all have things we conveniently leave out for one reason or another
( like, you know, shanks' entire backstory. that includes why he was running from the world government. if koby hadn't heard of the warlords until recently, he certainly isn't ready to hear about cipher pol. )
let's just say i stole something very important to them
( which is true. but, no, he won't say what that thing was. not outright, at least. but if koby is smart enough to read between the lines — which shanks has no doubt he is — he might be able to pick up on the fact that there seems to be a very large coincidence in this timeline of events. that is to say: luffy eating the devil fruit at the same time shanks happened to be lying low from the world government, from whom he stole something important. and, devil fruits, being rare as they are... well, the gum-gum fruit certainly didn't grow on a rubber tree in the east blue. )
[aka Shanks' entire backstory. Still, Koby knows he's gotten a lot more than most, and he should feel pretty damn fortunate, especially considering that the very notion of talking to Red-Haired Shanks even a few months ago would've sent him into an absolute panic.
But they are talking. And Koby wants to keep pushing, wants to ask a thousand questions, wants to devour every little bit of information that Shanks is willing to give. It's not quite the level of adoring hero-worship he feels for Luffy (or Garp, as embarrassing as it is to admit), but it's getting there.
And Shanks especially seems to know the exact amount of hints to give to make Koby think, not just hand him the answer on a silver platter. He's frustrating, compelling the same way Luffy is. He makes himself impossible to ignore.
It's only a couple minutes of putting together the pieces -- something important stolen, Luffy and Shanks reuniting, the Devil Fruit being accessible at that exact time -- before Koby responds:] Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That's
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we all have things we conveniently leave out for one reason or another
( like, you know, shanks' entire backstory. that includes why he was running from the world government. if koby hadn't heard of the warlords until recently, he certainly isn't ready to hear about cipher pol. )
let's just say i stole something very important to them
( which is true. but, no, he won't say what that thing was. not outright, at least. but if koby is smart enough to read between the lines — which shanks has no doubt he is — he might be able to pick up on the fact that there seems to be a very large coincidence in this timeline of events. that is to say: luffy eating the devil fruit at the same time shanks happened to be lying low from the world government, from whom he stole something important. and, devil fruits, being rare as they are... well, the gum-gum fruit certainly didn't grow on a rubber tree in the east blue. )
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[aka Shanks' entire backstory. Still, Koby knows he's gotten a lot more than most, and he should feel pretty damn fortunate, especially considering that the very notion of talking to Red-Haired Shanks even a few months ago would've sent him into an absolute panic.
But they are talking. And Koby wants to keep pushing, wants to ask a thousand questions, wants to devour every little bit of information that Shanks is willing to give. It's not quite the level of adoring hero-worship he feels for Luffy (or Garp, as embarrassing as it is to admit), but it's getting there.
And Shanks especially seems to know the exact amount of hints to give to make Koby think, not just hand him the answer on a silver platter. He's frustrating, compelling the same way Luffy is. He makes himself impossible to ignore.
It's only a couple minutes of putting together the pieces -- something important stolen, Luffy and Shanks reuniting, the Devil Fruit being accessible at that exact time -- before Koby responds:] Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That's
[Well, that's very interesting. Isn't it.]