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"It felt surreal. It didn't matter that we were royalty, we were screened like our guards and every attendee was under constant surveillance by government agents. I saw the king of Burger Island almost being gunned down on the streets just because he dropped his pen and he tried to pick it up. A soldier had to do it for him but they disassembled it first before giving it back! That level of paranoia was surreal."
He turns to look directly at you instead of the construction.
"You put fear into their very souls, which may never go away now."
"Sorry."
He shakes his head.
"Don't be. I don't resent you one bit. Truth be told I was very worried because we had sister there with us. If a Celestial Dragon looked at her and decreed so they could've enslaved her then and there, royalty or not. But we only encountered a single one and he turned out to be friendly. Hmph. Imagine that. The city of the gods. And only one of them dares to walk its streets."
"Whoa whoa whoa. Hold up! What do you mean "FRIENDLY" world noble?!"
"What I said. Do you remember how my mother once managed to appeal to one of them so they'd support moving Fish-man Island to the surface? His name is Donquixote Mjosgard. We met him up there. He's become a changed man thanks to my mothers influence. A good and honest man who set free his own slaves and refuses to wear those ridiculous bubbles that the dragons are so fond of. Shirahoshi hasn't been as happy as when he told her all that in a good while."
"That... doesn't make any sense."
"It may be hard to believe but they are not monsters. Not all of them. Some of them are simply raised being told they can and should do everything they want, no matter how depraved."
Your heart sinks and you zone out as you're looking down at the road. Celestial Dragons are people? They can change? Inconceivable!
"Anyway, after meeting some other rulers and having a pleasant discussion we attended the meeting. It was a catastrophe. The king of Alabasta suggested the dissolution of the Seven Warlords. That was immediately shut down and some even suggested expanding it further. People all over the world are afraid and want to mobilize. And... I think it might be because of you."
"What? Me? No way! Really?"
"Yes. When father announced we'll live with our writ and move the country he also told them that we are now associated with you. The other rulers... did not like that. But that was nothing compared to what happened a few days later, when the news of your ascension to the position of Yonko became public. It felt strange. Once again we felt alienated like at the worst points in our history when animosity towards fish-folk was at an all-time high. But now instead of hatred it was because of fear. I think they were actually afraid of us. Father also saw it. So... we decided to start constructing a navy. Just in case."
"Sorry."
