Luffy seemed to consider her words for a moment. Then, the darkness in his eyes seemed to melt away, and he gave a bright smile. "You know, I hadn't thought about that before! You might be right!"
He could almost hear Nami chastising him for being so quick to..."jump to conclusions," as she called it. After all, he'd just told Riza that his friends were super-strong, right? What kind of captain was he if he was going to go doubting his crew like that?
"The things they do to people here, Luffy--" Riza seemed to hesitate a moment, and Luffy looked at her with curiosity. "I've been meaning to tell you that...I was the one who fired a gun at you and the others." As soon as she spoke those words, a neutral, unreadable expression settled over the pirate's face. He stared at her intently with dark, wide eyes. Some people would have found it unnerving.
But he didn't say anything as she continued speaking. "They did something that night. And I didn't know what I was doing. I wanted to apologize for not overcoming it." Her eyes went from his injury, to the floor, and then she finally made herself meet his gaze. "I'm glad that you were not hurt more than this."
At first, Luffy honestly didn't know what to say. It was true that, yesterday, he'd been furious at whoever had shot him, Junior and RC. In fact, he'd been wanting to make plans to hunt down the sniper and teach him a good lesson.
But, Luffy really liked Riza. It was impossible for him to continue feeling angry at the sniper now that he knew who was responsible and the circumstances surrounding the shooting. And the sadness in her face was sincere, Luffy was certain of that. Riza was genuinely sorry for what had happened, and she sounded like she wished she could fix it somehow.
"You shot me," he said after a moment. His voice was low and serious, a sharp contrast to how he'd been speaking earlier. "Because the doctors did something bad to you." Luffy paused for a moment, and he closed his eyes.
"Well, that's all I need to hear." First, he'd been kidnapped, only to discover his precious hat missing. Then, he was separated from his friends, and now they were using nice people like Riza to fight their battles for them?! Luffy slammed his fist into the palm of his hand, and his eyes flew open.
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He could almost hear Nami chastising him for being so quick to..."jump to conclusions," as she called it. After all, he'd just told Riza that his friends were super-strong, right? What kind of captain was he if he was going to go doubting his crew like that?
"The things they do to people here, Luffy--" Riza seemed to hesitate a moment, and Luffy looked at her with curiosity. "I've been meaning to tell you that...I was the one who fired a gun at you and the others." As soon as she spoke those words, a neutral, unreadable expression settled over the pirate's face. He stared at her intently with dark, wide eyes. Some people would have found it unnerving.
But he didn't say anything as she continued speaking. "They did something that night. And I didn't know what I was doing. I wanted to apologize for not overcoming it." Her eyes went from his injury, to the floor, and then she finally made herself meet his gaze. "I'm glad that you were not hurt more than this."
At first, Luffy honestly didn't know what to say. It was true that, yesterday, he'd been furious at whoever had shot him, Junior and RC. In fact, he'd been wanting to make plans to hunt down the sniper and teach him a good lesson.
But, Luffy really liked Riza. It was impossible for him to continue feeling angry at the sniper now that he knew who was responsible and the circumstances surrounding the shooting. And the sadness in her face was sincere, Luffy was certain of that. Riza was genuinely sorry for what had happened, and she sounded like she wished she could fix it somehow.
"You shot me," he said after a moment. His voice was low and serious, a sharp contrast to how he'd been speaking earlier. "Because the doctors did something bad to you." Luffy paused for a moment, and he closed his eyes.
"Well, that's all I need to hear." First, he'd been kidnapped, only to discover his precious hat missing. Then, he was separated from his friends, and now they were using nice people like Riza to fight their battles for them?! Luffy slammed his fist into the palm of his hand, and his eyes flew open.
"I'm definitely gonna kick their asses now."