[ A hushed chuckle escapes her at the assumption, but there's no mirth in the sound. ]
No, but I let my village think so. That I did it for money. Because making maps for Arlong was going to make me rich. [ The tip of her pencil is soft against the paper, lending an almost surreal contrast to the things Nami says – every word weighty like a stone. ] If they thought otherwise, they'd try to save me and end up dead.
[ It's not a story she's used to telling, and it shows in the tension knitting her shoulders together tightly, but she gets out what she can, a word at a time. ]
I made a deal with Arlong, for eight years I drew maps and charts that him and his crew used to run wild across the East Blue, and, in exchange, he agreed to let me buy back my village. I was a kid. [ She says, at the ripe old age of nineteen. ] But it was my only chance to do something.
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No, but I let my village think so. That I did it for money. Because making maps for Arlong was going to make me rich. [ The tip of her pencil is soft against the paper, lending an almost surreal contrast to the things Nami says – every word weighty like a stone. ] If they thought otherwise, they'd try to save me and end up dead.
[ It's not a story she's used to telling, and it shows in the tension knitting her shoulders together tightly, but she gets out what she can, a word at a time. ]
I made a deal with Arlong, for eight years I drew maps and charts that him and his crew used to run wild across the East Blue, and, in exchange, he agreed to let me buy back my village. I was a kid. [ She says, at the ripe old age of nineteen. ] But it was my only chance to do something.