on muse's bounty being released

[hiken_ace]

Yep, you heard right, mun. 550 million. Pretty damn impressive, huh? I got quite a reputation back home. [ACE GODDAMN, I LOVE YOU. And he lauuuuughs.]

Glad you like it! It's pretty frickin' great!

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[sailedfirst]

[The wings are intriguing, but all his questions about it fades as he listens more.]

...Just one village and people's lives are basically controlled by these Malnosso people. [You can probably guess what he feels about this already.] ...So there's no escape at all? Nowhere else to go to?

[hiken_ace]

Not controlled. We can still do what we want. They don't tell us what to do, how to act, or where to go. We do what we want. [He will say this as many times as he needs to. He hesitates after a moment.]

There's an ocean. It's a small one, but I've got a boat. And so help me, I'll find a way to break that barrier.

[sailedfirst]

.....So it's like Gray Terminal all over again, huh. Free, but not really. [Spoken softly, as if to himself. It's hard to keep this new-found hope alive when he'll just end up trapped again.

He glances at Ace at that last line.] You've tried that before, haven't you.

[hiken_ace]

Shit, Sabo... [Sorry bro, but he's grabbing you and shaking you by the shoulders.] There's not a single damn noble there. When you come, you'll be coming as whoever the hell you want. Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. You'll be trapped. bit at least we'll still be there. Hell, this is one of the only places we can ever meet again. Doesn't that mean anything.

[He pauses and nods quickly.] Of course I have. You think I like being trapped? It sucks. But hell, I've got Luffy, my nakama, my friends... for a prison, it's one of the best.

[sailedfirst]

Oi, oi! I'm not complaining. Well, not yet anyways. Anything's better than being dead, you know. Just seeing similarities. [Looks at mun who's spazzing insanely just from reserving.] ...I'll even be excited to get there, if she's not too damn nervous about it.

Yeah, I know you have. And I bet you only pissed those Malnosso bastards, doing that. [Studying you hard, bro.] So if it's true that we can only meet in a world like that and it isn't bad as a prison, why'd you want to break that barrier again?

[hiken_ace]

Oh, tell her to get over it. You'll get accepted no problem, I know it. [And if that doesn't happen, he's perfectly willing to burn it all into oblivion.]

To get out of there. I want the sea again, and so do the other pirates there. It'd be doing us all a favor.