[Oh. Pets and reassuring warmth, this is good... He listens to the story, starting to perk up until the end. Then he's just sad, but he's no longer crying at least. The Captain sounded like Pops, but Pops didn't have any brothers. Was it Marco? No, someone else. Marco nods slowly and leans into the hands.]

S-so I shouldn't look back?

B-being a phoenix is hard.

But... I guess everything is hard, yoi. All I want is to protect them though.... A-And I guess Miss Mermaid is right that Papa will still be watching me no matter what....