[Koby's knee-jerk reaction is to say that Jack should've involved the authorities, should've let justice take it's course. But -- he knows better. He knows most police, most Marines wouldn't care about what a man did to his wife. She belonged to him. It was his right, as her husband. She probably did something to aggravate him, to set him off, to make him hurt her. He can remember the older girls from the orphanage, the ones who were fortunate enough to get married, the tight-lipped, dull-eyed hollowness they carried when he'd see them in town, the heaviness in their voices, their eyes.
That had been why he'd left, after all, among many, many other reasons.
So, instead:] What happened to her? After you killed him.
You sound like Luffy. [It's both the highest of praise and, judging by their interaction on the network, a deep insult.] The pirates I sailed with would've gotten along better with your innkeeper than you.
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That had been why he'd left, after all, among many, many other reasons.
So, instead:] What happened to her? After you killed him.
You sound like Luffy. [It's both the highest of praise and, judging by their interaction on the network, a deep insult.] The pirates I sailed with would've gotten along better with your innkeeper than you.