You're lucky, not to have had to think of something like that before.
[ Despite her harsh words from before, Asher is actually taking this seriously, and it gains him a small smile; appreciation, perhaps, that he's not stepping back to the weird rhymes or bad jokes but rather treating it with the kind of consideration it deserves. Nami knows her life hasn't been easy... but it hasn't been as hard as some of her crew mates', or those she knows. ]
The law isn't always there to protect us. Those in power aren't always good or trustworthy. If it is, where you come from... then that's a good thing! But not all worlds go by the same rules, so you can't judge them based on what you know, either.
[ She looks at him (or what she imagines would be him, there, like he was in the original video he made), direct and honest, the kind of gaze it's hard to look away from. ] I was ten years old when I had to make the decision, to work for the pirates that killed my mother. To work for them and steal in order to free my village. I lived eight years as a pirate and a thief, and I did it all to save my sister, everyone I loved. Do you think I deserve to be imprisoned for that?
[ She rarely speaks of her past directly like this, but somehow, this matters; it's important that he understands. If he hadn't thought of it like this, then it matters that she makes sure he will. ]
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[ Despite her harsh words from before, Asher is actually taking this seriously, and it gains him a small smile; appreciation, perhaps, that he's not stepping back to the weird rhymes or bad jokes but rather treating it with the kind of consideration it deserves. Nami knows her life hasn't been easy... but it hasn't been as hard as some of her crew mates', or those she knows. ]
The law isn't always there to protect us. Those in power aren't always good or trustworthy. If it is, where you come from... then that's a good thing! But not all worlds go by the same rules, so you can't judge them based on what you know, either.
[ She looks at him (or what she imagines would be him, there, like he was in the original video he made), direct and honest, the kind of gaze it's hard to look away from. ] I was ten years old when I had to make the decision, to work for the pirates that killed my mother. To work for them and steal in order to free my village. I lived eight years as a pirate and a thief, and I did it all to save my sister, everyone I loved. Do you think I deserve to be imprisoned for that?
[ She rarely speaks of her past directly like this, but somehow, this matters; it's important that he understands. If he hadn't thought of it like this, then it matters that she makes sure he will. ]