"I almost can't believe it! Yohohoho! I wish I could make sure this wasn't a dream!" Suddenly, he froze in the middle of his rant. He had skin now, didn't he? If this still wasn't some strange delusion of a dream! And since the less-than-graceful slide down the wall - for which his nose was still screaming at him for - then there was only one way, one he'd not been able to do for the last fifty years! "Wait, I can pinch myself!"

He looked down over himself, debating what place would be best to try out something that could prove painful, end ended up deciding on his face! Pinching his cheek should do! He reached up and pinched his hardest, then immediately cried, "Ouuch! I' hur's!" without releasing the skin so that he could talk properly. "I' reawy reawy hur's!" he said again, and this time there was no holding back the tears. It did really hurt, and this time it wasn't anything to panic over. He really had skin, and he was really still part of the Straw Hat Pirates. Laboon would be able to really see him like he used to be - skin and all! Oh, and his hair could grow like this! Not that he was going to sacrifice his afro for any reason, but still, it was a comfort!

Once the wave of emotions had come (but had not necessarily gone), he sniffled long hard to clear the snot, then wiped away the residue on his arm in the same lack-luster fashion. He had to answer the questions of his Captain! "I c'n pway... ah!" Oh, yes right, the pinching! He took his fingers away from his cheek finally, leaving behind a small bit of red swelling, "There. Where was I? Oh, yes, I can play anything at all! Though Sanji-san and Zoro-san did say that my usual instruments are not here. And that we're not allowed to go into this Music Room I keep hearing about until nightfall. I cannot wait! Do you know if they have a violin? That's my favorite!"