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"Sanji" Vinsmoke

Oi. Make it quick, will ya?

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-- Wait wait wait I didn't even mean it as an insult!!

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It's not exactly a term of endearment either.

[ Hey look, he waited. ]

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Alright, speaking in my defense?

The French have got some weird names for people they like.

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[ > doubt. ]

Oh?

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Mon canard -- means "My duck."

[HE IS NOT KIDDING FOR ONCE IN HIS LIFE]

Then there's mon petit chou, which is roughly "my little cabbage". [That one's actually a little trickier, the phrase means "my favorite one", but "chou" is the word for cabbage, FRANCE IS WEIRD.]

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[ OKAY FRANCE. ]

Really? ...

... why cabbage? A duck I can perhaps understand-- [ He's heard people call their partner or a close, fond friend "ducky" before, but... ] -- but what's endearing about vegetables?

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Hell if I know, I didn't pick 'em. And it's better than ma puce.

That one means "my flea."

[He sounds so fuckin amused right now]

You can check this shit with Haru, she'll vouch for me.

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[ He is absolutely writing some of these down, yup. ]

Oh, I have permission to recount this part of the conversation to her?

[ Hmm, hmm. ]

A flea? Of all the creatures that could be used, a flea...?

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[Sanji, a fuckin adult, sticks his tongue out with no one to see him.] Yes, you have permission.

... I mean, that one's kinda cute.

Je t’aime ma petit puce -- rolls right off the tongue.

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How kind. [ Bleh. ]

It sounds cute until you know you're calling someone a flea. Why not something more impressive? Or traditionally cute, if that's the tone wanted...

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So damn hard to please. But fine, how about Pioupiou?

That sounds cute, right?

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I am already starting to suspect it is not.

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Bird noise.

Chicken, I think...?

[Still sounding more amused than he should be]

C'mon, there's gotta be one you like.

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...

[ CAN UNIMPRESSED STARES BE AUDIBLE? ]

None of your offerings have exactly been impressive.

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[Don't worry, Sanji's sighs take up the space.]

Mon chéri.

It means "my darling".

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[ thank you for your hard work. ]

And for a moment there I thought I'd been lied to about that "romantic language" thing by Haru for over a decade.

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It's plenty romantic. We got over a hundred terms of endearment.

Just happens that a lot of 'em are food, animals, or random noises that sound cool without shitty context.

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Like flea. And cabbage.

[ Seriously. ]

I certainly feel swept off my feet, well done.

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[DOT DOT DOT...]

Dieu, tu dois être célibataire.

[MOVING ON.]

Well say it to some cute girl and who knows? You might still get the results you want.

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Or guy.

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I am fine, thank you.

[ why though ]

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[... Sanji truly doesn't know what else he expected besides that.

And asking it just too fuckin easy, so.]

Then why am I telling you all this good shit if you're not even gonna use it properly?

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[ asking the main point in French gets you no andwers ]

Because languages are strange, but interesting.

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Another form of art?

[NEEEEERD.]

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There is art involving words, yes. Poetry and such. But languages are just interesting - a lot use the same, or a very similar alphabet, yet are so very different from each other.

[ I mean, yes. But also RUDE. ]

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Alright, fair.

[Clucking his tongue, then muttering to himself]

Guess I better count this one as a loss.

[Being obtuse on purpose: the Sanji way. Whatever, he'll figure out the answer, damn it.]

Anyways, go finish your shit or whatever you were--

[... Wait.

Wait.]

Humor me. When's the last time you ate?