[It's intensely nerve-wracking, less because Koby's worried Zoro will be mean amd more because he's worried he'll need to get much more blunt. Maybe draw a diagram or something.
But no, finally, a response and a heaving sigh of relief.]
That's actually it exactly. I wanted Well, I knew. For a long time. Everything felt wrong until I changed my name and my hair and clothes and things and then it started feeling better.
( he's a Simple Guy — it's why he'll never fully understand people like sanji who have an incessant need to wring their hands and freak out over dumb shit like kissing a dude or having a pussy. )
because she said that being a girl meant she would always be weaker than men and she could never become the world's greatest swordsman which was bullshit and insult to injury since she beat me 2,001 times (yeah we counted) i don't know if it was the same thing as you but maybe things would've been different for her
[And that's -- well, that's it. Just "cool". It's such a Zoro reaction that it actually makes Koby bark out a laugh, right in the middle of the library.]
2,001, really? She beat YOU? She must've been the greatest swordsman then.
I sort of feel like swordsman is it's own thing. [The three genders...]
But maybe if she'd known it was something she could do... Maybe it would've been easier, yeah. I've never met anyone else like me, but it's
Nice to know there were. Maybe. Did you ever beat her?
yeah yeah hard to believe i know but no never beat her
( and yeah, she probably was the greatest swordsman, or at least on track to be. at the very least, kuina probably could've left a duel with dracule mihawk without a scar bisecting her torso. )
my sword was hers her dad was the dojo master who taught us and he let me have it when she died
( are they for real lore dropping rn..... this is also weird and new.............. )
Ohhhh, that makes sense. That's why it's so important to you.
[Koby thinks of Sanji and his cooking, Nami and her maps, Luffy and his -- well, his everything. How there's something else beneath it all, something that drives them, motivates them to be what they are: someone special. Zoro and his friend, his swords...it fits right in.]
I think you'd still have found your way to the crew. Luffy is sort of a force of nature that way.
[Koby doesn't dwell on the fact that, in the real world, he and Zoro wouldn't be friends. He tries not to do that, ever.]
It's a good thing your swords are here, then. So you can train. Have you ever I mean Not with swords but
Me too. I'd almost want him here, but. It'd be hard for him, I know.
[Oh, alas, so sad, what an impossible desire...unless...]
You could explain things. Or you could learn. It did, but I haven't exactly kept it up for a little while. [On account of Seal Reasons.] It'd be nice to get back to it.
Deal. I've been looking for somewhere to train, but I haven't found anything so I usually just swim in the lake or something. Or do 200 pushups. I hate pushups. Garp loves pushups.
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But no, finally, a response and a heaving sigh of relief.]
That's actually it exactly. I wanted
Well, I knew. For a long time. Everything felt wrong until I changed my name and my hair and clothes and things and then it started feeling better.
Why did it piss you off?
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cool
( he's a Simple Guy — it's why he'll never fully understand people like sanji who have an incessant need to wring their hands and freak out over dumb shit like kissing a dude or having a pussy. )
because she said that being a girl meant she would always be weaker than men and she could never become the world's greatest swordsman
which was bullshit and insult to injury since she beat me 2,001 times (yeah we counted)
i don't know if it was the same thing as you but
maybe things would've been different for her
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2,001, really?
She beat YOU?
She must've been the greatest swordsman then.
I sort of feel like swordsman is it's own thing. [The three genders...]
But maybe if she'd known it was something she could do...
Maybe it would've been easier, yeah.
I've never met anyone else like me, but it's
Nice to know there were. Maybe.
Did you ever beat her?
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hard to believe i know
but no
never beat her
( and yeah, she probably was the greatest swordsman, or at least on track to be. at the very least, kuina probably could've left a duel with dracule mihawk without a scar bisecting her torso. )
my sword was hers
her dad was the dojo master who taught us and he let me have it when she died
( are they for real lore dropping rn..... this is also weird and new.............. )
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Or were you less stubborn when you were younger?
[Wow, Koby, you're finally having a lore-sharing bonding-moment and you're being so rude.
And then, of course, he immediately feels guilty for being a brat.]
Oh.
That's
I'm sorry.
That's terrible.
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but we promised each other that one of us would become the world's greatest swordsman, so
if not her then it's gotta be me
( shrug, etc. )
besides
who knows if i would even be here right now if it didn't happen
might not know you weirdos if not
( he can be a brat, too!! )
i was even more stubborn then for the record
and yeah it still pisses me off sometimes
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[Koby thinks of Sanji and his cooking, Nami and her maps, Luffy and his -- well, his everything. How there's something else beneath it all, something that drives them, motivates them to be what they are: someone special. Zoro and his friend, his swords...it fits right in.]
I think you'd still have found your way to the crew.
Luffy is sort of a force of nature that way.
[Koby doesn't dwell on the fact that, in the real world, he and Zoro wouldn't be friends. He tries not to do that, ever.]
It's a good thing your swords are here, then. So you can train.
Have you ever
I mean
Not with swords but
Have you ever trained anyone?
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yeah
i miss that idiot
not enough that i'd want to see him here but
( ha ha, unless ... )
no i haven't trained anyone
probably wouldn't be good at it since i'd have to explain stuff
why
marine training din't kick your ass enough?
( ok time for feelings talk is over, thanks koby. )
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It'd be hard for him, I know.
[Oh, alas, so sad, what an impossible desire...unless...]
You could explain things.
Or you could learn.
It did, but I haven't exactly kept it up for a little while. [On account of Seal Reasons.]
It'd be nice to get back to it.
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follow me and copy me if you wanted
but i'm not stopping to tell you what to do
deal?
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I've been looking for somewhere to train, but I haven't found anything so I usually just swim in the lake or something.
Or do 200 pushups. I hate pushups. Garp loves pushups.
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prove it tiny marine
( 😎 back to cool guy mode for reals. )
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Any day, any time.
[Koby you're going to Die.]
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400
tomorrow after breakfast
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If I lose, I'll do whatever you tell me to.
[Like he doesn't already.]
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you're on
( this is gonna be good!!! )