[He pops his head out at the end of that. Damn, she's perfect. Funny, beautiful, smart, and a hell of a lot smarter than him.]

Plenty of people hate me for being Whitebeard's son, and Marco the phoenix, eh? But you're right. [His pride is his strength and independence? Definitely. The separation too. Damn, he really loves this woman.]

That would be nice, thank you.