Nightshift 43: Main Hallway 2-Center

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As they approached the top of the stairs, Alkaid took the natural exit, and turned to face the right. She'd already sorta been down what was there in the left corridor, but she wasn't sure where to go from here.

"...Hey, Badou? Speaking of sane... don't pay any attention to me if I talk about items and item screens and equipment. It'

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[moral_liberty]

"There are pirates," Kaworu responded thoughtfully. "There has been an increase in piracy due to economic and political distress across the globe. Pirates will target transports, including both civilian and cargo vessels. They seize the contents, often killing the crew and passengers, or holding them ransom, if convenient." He recalled the articles he had read, though they had held little interest when competing for Kaworu's time with music, or a psychology textbook. No one had particularly minded, though he wished now that he knew more about pirates outside of works of fiction.

Upon second thought, maybe knowing those story books would be more useful when it came to looking at Luffy as an individual. He didn't seem to be a member of a violent group pushed to raiding cargo vessels because of the deteriorating climate. The wake of the Second Impact had made violence of that nature commonplace. Luffy's attitude made it sound as though he had stepped out of a romantic novel, where he was a pirate to find freedom on the high seas. In his world, pirates wore straw hats and carried wide grins, and they met with heavenly angels, rather than things like Kaworu.

"You are not like them, are you?" Kaworu asked. "You seem too kind."