OGATA

[concasse]

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[concasse]

... You said you killed her.

In the hopes your shitty old man would come back to her funeral.

[And that Sanji can't even be angry, or disgusted by such an act... well. Ogata was a child, for one, and likely desperate. And if anything, he's the one who paid the price by deciding it was okay if he was left behind.]

[snyaiper]

Mm.
[Eating more.]

But looking back, I also don't think the way she was then... I don't think it was any way to live. And I never wanted to end up like that.
[One of the many, many reasons he's so distant with people, probably.]

I expected more of you to be mad at me.

[concasse]

... You're an asshole.

[With that same, unrelenting bluntness that is just his way]

And I think your mouth got you in trouble. But I'm an asshole too. And so are half the shits here.

[...]

And more importantly, you weren't our murderer. We fucked up big time, so the least we can do is let you have your moment of anger if you want it. Like damn, I'm more impressed you haven't thrown a punch.

[snyaiper]

It's not really my style. Like I told you before.
[He's more of a "bide your time and then shoot a man in the head from so far away" sort of guy.]

But I'm not mad, so I wouldn't be punching anyone anyway.

[concasse]

... You really just gonna take this in stride, huh?

[His expression is... mm. Sanji doesn't know how to feel about this.]

[snyaiper]

It isn't possible for someone like me to be happy, so it doesn't really matter if I die here, the island, or back home as soon as I return, if I do.

[Smiles!!! Even though he just said so much wild shit.]

[concasse]

-- Like hell you can't!

[Oh dear.

Sanji's mad now]

Oi now, before you go saying shit like that -- have you even tried to grasp happiness? Or are you always settling for what life hands you?

[snyaiper]

[Yeah, that throws him off for a moment, the yelling.]

... Like I said. I did try to see if I could force my father to notice me. It didn't work.
[There's a lot of problems with this being his response to that question.]

[concasse]

... Ogata.

[With complete sincerity]

Fuck your embarrassment of a dad. I hope he's rotting in hell.

[ANYWAY]

I'm talking about doing shit that doesn't revolve around his attention. Striking out and being your own person. Y'know... shit like that...

[snyaiper]

[Ah. His hand moves, reflexively, to his hair. It really comes across as some sort of nervous tic at this point.]

... I don't know if I can. I'm missing something important, being born the way I was, I think.

[concasse]

... You got fucked over by bad luck, I won't deny that. And I'm not saying shit'll be easy, but damn, you might as well try, right?

[...]

Are you going back to your world once this shit is over? Or are you heading somewhere else?

[snyaiper]

I don't have anywhere else to go other than home. And when I do, Immortal Sugimoto is going to catch up to me within five minutes and presumably remove my head from my body or something equally violent.

[Smiles! Maybe this has something to do with why he's so unconcerned about dying.]

[concasse]

... Fine. My world will take ya.

[snyaiper]

[Blinks]

... Why?

[concasse]

Why not. It's a huge-ass world, and unless you're afraid of water...

[snyaiper]

[Ah. That's what he meant.]

Are you sure you should be setting a strange man you barely know loose on your world?

[concasse]

-- Are you kidding me?

[With an abrupt laugh]

I told you I was a pirate, wasn't I? No matter what path you decided to take, the world would accept you.

[...]

And you'd find people to accept you, too. I got lucky, after all.

[snyaiper]

[Huh. He did say that, didn't he. And he suggested there was a lot of water.]

What, is your world simply run by pirates and lawbreakers?
[WELL.]

[concasse]

Oh there's a World Government, Nobles and the like, but both of those groups can go piss off. Every pirate worth their salt would thank you if you shot at one.

[Maybe don't shoot at one with a Devil Fruit power but...]

[snyaiper]

... Mm. Trying to overthrow the government is more old man Hijikata's game, but I suppose the idea of a widely lawless land isn't entirely unappealing.