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[lordofthesea]

All these damn humans everywhere. I don't know what you want with me but I know you're messing with the wrong person. I'll eat you alive. What game? There is no game. There is only me.

You want to come talk to me? Fine. But don't expect anything but death unless you have something worth my time.

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[fierybluebird]

[Arches an eyebrow coolly and points to his Whitebeard tattoo.]

Don't pick a fight with humans for no reason. You might not be able to handle all of them.

[lordofthesea]

Yeah, I heard about what happened to him. [A grin here but a shift in posture to something less aggressive.]

You creatures even turn on your own. It's kind of refreshing.

[fierybluebird]

[Arlong might be shifting out, but those words make Marco switch into a more aggressive stance, lighting an arm up in blue flames.]

What's that supposed to mean? [A quiet growling tone, still warning. If he thought Borsalino was tough, just try riling up the man who made jokes in Kizaru's face.]

[lordofthesea]

I mean just what I said. You have a problem with the truth?

[If he does and attacks him like a coward because of it, than so be it. Arlong might not win in a fight against Marco but he knows at least one place Marco can't follow and he's not about to back down from a threat]

[fierybluebird]

Che... [Arm goes back out of flames, though a little lingers around the fingertips.] Just watch it.

[He's not even sure how caught up on current times Arlong is or not, since Marco is a little behind most himself.]

I wouldn't want you to have to run and hide behind Jinbei now, eh.

[lordofthesea]

I would die before I ran behind anyone, human. Don't mistake me for yourself.

[He's tempted to say something similar about using Whitebeard as a shield but he's not quite that suicidal.]

[fierybluebird]

[Oh he is so annoyed, and just glares.]

And who have I ever hid behind?

[lordofthesea]

[Glare all you want. Arlong is not one damn bit intimidated]

I don't know your personal details. It's just human nature.

[Fishmen should be are pushed in front to fight or die. Only humans are cowards.]

[fierybluebird]

Well, isn't it just damn convenient that I'm a phoenix then.

[lordofthesea]

Eating a devil fruit doesn't change what you are.

[and only humans are stupid enough to think so. But then those pasty white worms can't be strong unless they've eaten one of those damn fruits so it's no wonder they got a superiority complex. Arlong will beat all of them one day--just how he is.]

[fierybluebird]

Of course it does. Kind of literally actually. Especially in the case of zoans.

What, no cracks about how weak and pathetic not being able to swim is?

[lordofthesea]

[That's not what he meant and he can't be sure if the bastard realizes it or is just that literal minded. Either way he doesn't give a damn. He recognizes the delusion even if the Whitebeard doesn't.]

[As for the weakness of not being able to swim however...]

As long as you realize it.

[fierybluebird]

That's why I've got my brother Namur.

[lordofthesea]

Tch.

[He'll never understand why so many of his people want to get along with humans and fight for them and with them-- count them as nakama.]

[Probably some form of misplaced gratitude or another.]

Count yourself lucky.

[fierybluebird]

Always.

I wouldn't be worth a damn without my family.

[lordofthesea]

[There is nothing really he can say to this as he has none any more. The rest of what he had had been taken by that damn Mugiwara and there are rumors of even Hachi working for him. It stings. It pulls in him like a hook but there's damn well nothing he can do about it now so just have a simmering shark man for a few moments while he really tries not to want to kill you]