Luffy didn't even remember Franky? Someone who'd joined prior to himself, and the person who had built the Lion-chan!
Brook's eyes again trailed to the table, and his hands folded in his lap. Franky was so spirited - it couldn't be that Luffy had forgotten! He was a good Captain and friend and really, really not the type to simply forget someone. Then he really didn't know? About Brook, or Thriller Bark or even...
Laboon?
"Oh. A-ah, yes, you're... you're right," he tried to sound hopeful of Sanji's words, but the doubt was too apparent. The thought of being rejected... it was just too much for someone like Brook who held the bonds of Nakama above all else, and it lingered regardless of what he knew of the Captain. Luffy had only met him as a skeleton, so what if meeting him like this would change his mind? A fully-fleshed musician wasn't nearly as interesting as a skeletal one! And Luffy was always saying how interesting Brook was! And first impressions were everything!
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Brook's eyes again trailed to the table, and his hands folded in his lap. Franky was so spirited - it couldn't be that Luffy had forgotten! He was a good Captain and friend and really, really not the type to simply forget someone. Then he really didn't know? About Brook, or Thriller Bark or even...
Laboon?
"Oh. A-ah, yes, you're... you're right," he tried to sound hopeful of Sanji's words, but the doubt was too apparent. The thought of being rejected... it was just too much for someone like Brook who held the bonds of Nakama above all else, and it lingered regardless of what he knew of the Captain. Luffy had only met him as a skeleton, so what if meeting him like this would change his mind? A fully-fleshed musician wasn't nearly as interesting as a skeletal one! And Luffy was always saying how interesting Brook was! And first impressions were everything!