[There’s always that beat of anxiety, of waiting for the other shoe to drop, for the response to turn from surprise to disgust, no matter who he’s talking to – but Hawk takes it in stride, and honesty Koby almost prefers the cut and dried explanation, letting out a soft sigh of relief.]
More or less, yeah. I looked like one – an awkward, weird-looking, ugly little one, but still enough to blend in, and I did my best to act like one, it just all felt Bad. I can’t remember a time when it DIDN’T feel bad, but for a long time I thought that was just me. That I was built wrong or something.
The first time I KNEW, though was maybe Eight, nine? It was a Marine-funded girl’s home, and occasionally some officers stopped by to deliver supplies. It was good PR, looking back, but at the time I thought we were just special. And there was this one officer who was always nice to me, and I wanted to be EXACTLY like him. Like, not just be a Marine -- there were women Marines, of course, it wasn't about that. It was just The way he acted and the way he looked and the way he moved through the world. I wanted to be that. Maybe then's when I knew.
[The comment about Luffy gets a snort of amusement.] Don’t let him hear you say that. He’ll corral you in as an ally to his campaign to become Pirate King.
I guess. I mean, you could argue it’s better, but It’s not the worst thing in the world, trusting people. A few people. I trust you, enough to tell you all this.
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More or less, yeah. I looked like one – an awkward, weird-looking, ugly little one, but still enough to blend in, and I did my best to act like one, it just all felt
Bad.
I can’t remember a time when it DIDN’T feel bad, but for a long time I thought that was just me. That I was built wrong or something.
The first time I KNEW, though was maybe
Eight, nine? It was a Marine-funded girl’s home, and occasionally some officers stopped by to deliver supplies. It was good PR, looking back, but at the time I thought we were just special.
And there was this one officer who was always nice to me, and I wanted to be EXACTLY like him. Like, not just be a Marine -- there were women Marines, of course, it wasn't about that. It was just
The way he acted and the way he looked and the way he moved through the world. I wanted to be that.
Maybe then's when I knew.
[The comment about Luffy gets a snort of amusement.] Don’t let him hear you say that. He’ll corral you in as an ally to his campaign to become Pirate King.
I guess. I mean, you could argue it’s better, but
It’s not the worst thing in the world, trusting people. A few people.
I trust you, enough to tell you all this.