[He's way behind cause he was dead, and that's not a skull joke -- not with Ace. The thought starts to form in Luffy's mind, but doesn't make it as far as words before he shies away and accepts the distraction dangled in front of him.]
Eat? Is there food around here somewhere?
[Best way to avoid deep and painful conversations, that. Dangle the prospect of food in front of the eternally voracious. But Luffy isn't letting go quite yet, either; holding tight to Ace, feeling him whole and solid and real is too intoxicating.]
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Eat? Is there food around here somewhere?
[Best way to avoid deep and painful conversations, that. Dangle the prospect of food in front of the eternally voracious. But Luffy isn't letting go quite yet, either; holding tight to Ace, feeling him whole and solid and real is too intoxicating.]