( shanks is always in a mood when it comes to mihawk. he's the only other person who's ever managed to burrow under shanks' skin and leave his mark, for better or worse. )
don't patronize me unless you'd like me to start calling you ojīhawk
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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you could have stolen it for $0
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see how the other half lives.
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might be time you got a real job
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this is the part where you're supposed to say haha very funny
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hurts my feelings, you know
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haven't had a feeling in years.
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is that why you said yes to the world government's leash around your neck
( god, he doesn't want to unpack this right now. there isn't nearly enough booze in the hold. )
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of all the things to bring up.
jealous it's not yours?
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i never needed a leash to make you heel
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you must be in a mood.
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don't patronize me
unless you'd like me to start calling you ojīhawk
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( arguably more important than the message itself, but that remains to be seen. )
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[Garp, naturally. Very few of the others would think to ask Mihawk anything, let alone to get something to Shanks.]
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and the message?
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[Or does he remember and simply resents being used as Shanks' secretary? Who can say.]
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no wonder kuma always beats you for warlord of the month
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well, now i know i've rubbed off on you
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[Ba-dum tsh.]
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( his best friend slash ex is a clown. try harder. )
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[Is he being even bitchier because Shanks didn't bite? Maybe.]
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( no one is booking the world's greatest swordsman's cutting edge comedy tour. )
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better than you
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is shame not the opposite of pride?
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Especially this, of all things.
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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.]