Secrecy comes difficult to me these days. The fine lines.
I err too much on the side of caution and then people don't know everything they need to about Blackbeard, or Chameleone, or the Malnosso, or who knows what else.
But too open goes against my grain as well and presents a whole set of different dangers.
[His mind is racing to do damage control. To figure out Robin's mindset, how to help it, how to ease it. She must feel raw and exposed, and Marco knew all too well the pain of that. What it was like having the whole world see your deepest darkest fear, your worst moments, and the compounded fear of who might use it for what.]
[Robin, Marco, Spock, they were all alike in that way. Lone survivors of catastrophic events, with only nakama to rely on -- and even that was tricky.]
Let me ask you something. You consider Robin a friend, but do you consider her nakama? Like one of your crewmates? If so, I suggest telling her that.
[The biggest problem for Robin was feeling alone. Alone when she'd been alone for so long. When the people who were fighting off her loneliness "now" couldn't remember her. And to feel alone in facing that was truly a terrible thing.]
It is one thing to try to cheer up a friend, but to protect a nakama... [A shrug.] I am not sure how her crew is though. They are considerably smaller than mine, so she might feel only Luffy can decide such a thing. But if you explain you wanted to help her as a nakama, I think she'll understand.
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I err too much on the side of caution and then people don't know everything they need to about Blackbeard, or Chameleone, or the Malnosso, or who knows what else.
But too open goes against my grain as well and presents a whole set of different dangers.
[His mind is racing to do damage control. To figure out Robin's mindset, how to help it, how to ease it. She must feel raw and exposed, and Marco knew all too well the pain of that. What it was like having the whole world see your deepest darkest fear, your worst moments, and the compounded fear of who might use it for what.]
[Robin, Marco, Spock, they were all alike in that way. Lone survivors of catastrophic events, with only nakama to rely on -- and even that was tricky.]
Let me ask you something. You consider Robin a friend, but do you consider her nakama? Like one of your crewmates? If so, I suggest telling her that.
[The biggest problem for Robin was feeling alone. Alone when she'd been alone for so long. When the people who were fighting off her loneliness "now" couldn't remember her. And to feel alone in facing that was truly a terrible thing.]
It is one thing to try to cheer up a friend, but to protect a nakama... [A shrug.] I am not sure how her crew is though. They are considerably smaller than mine, so she might feel only Luffy can decide such a thing. But if you explain you wanted to help her as a nakama, I think she'll understand.