From very early days!

[namigational]

I've talked to that other girl in your head. Your idea sucks. Couldn't I be a little older? Even another month?

...heck, I'd take another week. Her tattoo is much nicer than this one, you know.

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[lordofthesea]

Yeah, yeah. Suck it up. I like you better this way anyway.

[imonashark]

Pfffft. You want your mun to force you to get older? What about all the adventures you're gonna miss out on?

[namigational]

Of course you do. I'm your irreplaceable navigator, aren't I?

[Weird. The other girl didn't mention you, after the fact.]

[lordofthesea]

Damn straight. And don't forget it.

[namigational]

[...

...y-yeah, well who asked you anyway. :|]

It's not that. It's that she wants to send me to a place where I don't get to have all of them, okay.

[namigational]

[You say that like I ever could. But her only vocal reaction is a non-committal mhm.]

[imonashark]

Seriously...? But why would she do something like that??

You should think about getting a replacement-mun.

[lordofthesea]

You'll never really be that girl anyway, you know. It's all just some kind of fairy tale you tell yourself. You know right where you belong.

[namigational]

I belong with you, of course. [It's an easy enough admission.] Until you get your 100 million beri. That is still the deal, right?

{There's an edge there that suggests she's heard otherwise. But maybe Arlong can convince her that isn't the case.]

[namigational]

Oh, that's a good idea. I don't suppose you know how?

[lordofthesea]

Are you implying that I don't keep my word? This is money we're talking about and when have I ever reneged on a deal?

[namigational]

No, no. I was just making sure. Things seem weird in a place like this, that's all. It's good to fall back on something reliable.

[lordofthesea]

Of course. You know I'm always going to be there, Nami, just waiting right behind you.

[imonashark]

Nope! I mean, it's not my problem. My mun doesn't seem like as big of a jerk as yours!

[And then he just laughs and laughs. But he pauses after a little while.]

Oh! The other me's in my muns head said that you were a good navigator and that I should ask you to join my crew. So will you join? I'd really appreciate it!

[namigational]

Well. It's good to know you'll always have my back, then.

[lordofthesea]

Always. [A pause]

Until you get that beri, of course. Unless you change your mind.

[namigational]

[...wait what. See, this doesn't make sense, because right now you should be hating on her annnnd actually wait, 'said that you were a good navigator'...?]

...uh.

Haven't we been through this already?

[namigational]

I won't. But I won't go back on my part of the bargain, either.

[Not unless you break your word first. This part she worries about, now.]

[imonashark]

We have...?

[Hmmm. He doesn't remember it.]

Ahh, well forget all that. Will you join my crew?

[lordofthesea]

Hey, hey, kid. Stop trying to jack my navigator. Get your own.

[lordofthesea]

What exactly do you plan to do after our little deal is over?

[imonashark]

YOUR navigator!? You mean she's already on a crew??

[namigational]

[You forgot all that? You have to be kidding. It's kind of a relief, but it also kind of pisses her off, and now that Arlong's here there's really only one thing she can say.]

You heard the man. I'm an officer of the Arlong Pirates. I told you I wouldn't join your crew.

[So you should go now before there's trouble.]

[namigational]

That's my business.

[lordofthesea]

Yeah. She's mine. So back off before I send you flying. Or maybe I'll have Nacchan here do it for me.