[Stills at the hands on his shoulders and tries to relax, but the words would make him tense all over again. Instead he very lightly brushes a finger along the tail. Revenge for driving his own instincts crazy before.]

Relief because she doesn't enjoy it here? Because that's not getting desensitized, it's worrying about your nakama and wanting them to be safe.

[Marco has troubles understanding it fully though. The Straw Hats are heading into the New World, so it's not safe. It's more dangerous than Luceti. But they're young yet. The first feeling of excitement upon entering the New World those decades ago isn't something Marco can recapture. Or maybe it's really just that he has Ace here, so everything's different for him. And while Nami once had Bellemere, now Luceti is more of a painful reminder, perhaps? He really doesn't know.]

Well. Happy anyway, eh?