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lan wangji
missives | encounters

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What does that mean? Is this another way of saying I have to get married now?

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Whatever outcome, you did not err to share your heart.

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[ What a softie! ]

Why don't I feel that way then? He wasn't supposed to know.

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They always know.

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Even when they're kind of stupid?

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You love the stupid?

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Do you have to say it like that? I know how it sounds.

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Do not belittle your beloved as a way to belittle yourself.

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Not my beloved. An...unusually important person.

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Do not fear words.

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I fear hurting people.

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Love does not hurt.

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Maybe not from this particular place, but, love can hurt.

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You speak of not loving well. Not of love.

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I'm trying not to speak of love, I'm trying to speak of how to fix this so love isn't a thing.

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How to stifle affection?

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Exactly. How?

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Suicide.

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You're such a drama queen.

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The sickness lacks cure.

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But, we forget everything when we go home right? So as long as I don't do anything else until we get to a beacon, it's fine, right?

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You do not appear fine.

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Would you be fine?

[ As he pointed out, she loves the stupid. ]

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I would not be so cowardly.

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It's not that simple. He feels that way about the whole crew.

[ Did Luffy explicitly point out that he was talking about Nami and not the whole crew at one point? Yes. Is she ignoring this because she's a big ol' coward? Also yes. ]