[He just... blinks in surprise a little. Deadpan as always, but he's a little confused and taken off guard. He definitely wasn't expecting Robin to climb into his lap, but it's a pleasant surprise certainly. So he wraps his arms around her waist and leans over her shoulder, affectionately holding her close and careful of the Luceti wings.] You are cute, Robin.
[Seriously, he has no idea what she means by that, but okay.]
Mah, I completely agree with you though. I think it's easier for me, because of my Pops. He taught me to live like that at home, so I live like that here. But it's even easier here, because everything is icing. It's all surplus. An impossible vacation I could never have dreamed would exist or happen, and thus utterly mine to do what I want with it. [Limits on that to be sure, but still, if the only thing Marco could control was his own reaction to events, then control that reaction he certainly would.]
Awhile back someone asked why people act differently here. Or at least... let this place change them so that they're afraid to do things they would normally do back in their own worlds, eh? Get married, have kids, the works. And that's how I am about it. I don't get it either. I mean Sophie's parents are gone, but she still has family looking after her. We live. Why not truly live by making the most of it, eh?
[He has passion about this, does it show? Because even through the deadpan, even with the quiet library whisper, his voice hums with the passion and drive.]
Let's say you and I meet in the New World. We still won't get to have this much... time together because I've got a war to fight against Blackbeard, and you've got a captain to make King of the Pirates. Even if I can convince you to settle down with me after everything's said and done with those two things, it'll be years from now, eh? So this... [Squeezes his arms around her and affectionately hugs.] This is all extra. I don't want to waste a second of it.
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[Seriously, he has no idea what she means by that, but okay.]
Mah, I completely agree with you though. I think it's easier for me, because of my Pops. He taught me to live like that at home, so I live like that here. But it's even easier here, because everything is icing. It's all surplus. An impossible vacation I could never have dreamed would exist or happen, and thus utterly mine to do what I want with it. [Limits on that to be sure, but still, if the only thing Marco could control was his own reaction to events, then control that reaction he certainly would.]
Awhile back someone asked why people act differently here. Or at least... let this place change them so that they're afraid to do things they would normally do back in their own worlds, eh? Get married, have kids, the works. And that's how I am about it. I don't get it either. I mean Sophie's parents are gone, but she still has family looking after her. We live. Why not truly live by making the most of it, eh?
[He has passion about this, does it show? Because even through the deadpan, even with the quiet library whisper, his voice hums with the passion and drive.]
Let's say you and I meet in the New World. We still won't get to have this much... time together because I've got a war to fight against Blackbeard, and you've got a captain to make King of the Pirates. Even if I can convince you to settle down with me after everything's said and done with those two things, it'll be years from now, eh? So this... [Squeezes his arms around her and affectionately hugs.] This is all extra. I don't want to waste a second of it.