"People here at Landel's come from different times and worlds," he said, too tired to care whether Brook thought he was insane.

Finding out his roommate was a pirate wasn't exactly shocking to Archer. However, something Brook mentioned, during his babbling, stood out among the rest, so much that Archer had to ask.

"What do you mean by 'the skin?'"

As soon as the words left Archer's mouth, Brook displayed his less than desirable table manners, and Archer instinctively turned his head away in slight annoyance and disgust. Archer never understood why other guys belched like that; it merely looked stupid to him.