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[Ace and Luffy are sitting together, and Ace has a serious expression on his face. This is kind of important in his opinion, they've got to figure out who their potential allies and enemies are here. Not that being a pirate is a promise of alliances, or Marines a promise of a threat, but it's still good to have a base to go off of. And to Ace and Luffy, piracy is freedom. And the Marines stand for things far worse.]

So this is a roll call. If you're a pirate, let us know. If you're a Marine? Let us know faster.

[Luffy laughs, waving at the camera. He sticks his little finger into his nose, and thinks for a second.]

I haven't seen marines here, or other pirates. Do people here know what a pirate is? [He laughs again.] We're pirates! And brothers!

[Ace's expression softens considerably, and he smiles. He's weak against Luffy's antics, even more so now that they've been separated and reunited.] Yeah, that's right. And we wanna know who else lived a life of piracy back in their home world. Especially if you're from our home world.

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That's what piracy is supposed to be, for me at least. A crew has gotta be like a family. If you aren't that loyal to each other, and willing to fight for each other, everything falls apart. It's definitely a family business, and Pops was the best father that anyone could have.

[She's so nice. He thinks that a lot of his brothers would have adored her.] Yeah. Thought so. I was the new kid for a while on the Moby Dick, so there were a lot of innuendos. I guess it's a long standing tradition to tease the new recruits.

[Ace nods.] You got it. The yonko are the four most powerful pirates in the world.

My crew has always been like family to me, but never blood related. ( She laughs as she thinks about it. ) That's definitely for the best. You're lucky, though, to have had such a good father.

( A beat, and she continues: ) Oh, yes, the new kids are definitely the most fun to tease.

I don't think we had anything like your yonko in my world. There's too much in-fighting, you see.

Mine's not blood related either. That's not important. We're all sons of the sea! That's what Pops always said, and it bound us together.

[He huffs a little, slightly red just remembering it. Some of the older guys were relentless] I was nice to my new recruits. The guys in my division didn't get teased. By me, anyway.

[Ace tilts his head.] Piracy is the biggest thing back home, the only real rebellion against the Marines and world government. We've got a lot of in fighting too, but there's just too many pirates to not have some sorta ranking system.