Luffy thought it'd been an honest question. And anyway, it was obvious Chise hadn't been trying to be mean with it, so he didn't see what the big deal was.

"You already apologized before you took the pill," he pointed out. "What's the point of apologizing for something if you're gonna apologize for it again afterwards?" Maybe she just liked repeating herself a lot. Or apologizing all the time, either one.

"Anyway, you should stop crying," he added seriously. "You'll get your food wet." Although...maybe it'd add a little extra flavor, now that he thought of it.