"I should go!"
Nutmeg quickly holsters her scythe and prepares to quickly move inside but you stop her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YF7mIWqbkA"Please. Stay."
She looks at you and nods, though she clutches your hand hard.
"Nutmeg, she's Eliza. Eliza-"
"Ara ara. I know who she is. One of Linlins kids no? Hi kid. Your mom and I go way back."
"I... did not know that."
Eliza then walks up to you with her arms raised as to not alert Nutmeg too much.
"As for you-"
She then lowers her hand onto your head after flicking your hat off.
"Mom? Come on. I'm not that old. Am I?"
You blush.
"S-Sorry."
"Nah. Don't be."
She hugs you.
"It's fine. You're my little buddy after all."
Breaking the embrace she takes a few steps back and rubs her head awkwardly.
"Anyway uh... I just came to congratulate you. Sorry I couldn't be there. Didn't get an invite."
"That's okay."
"Sigh. No. It isn't. I should've been there. But then Linlin would've had my head. And I should've brought a gift now too but I'm not good with that sort of stuff and I-"
"Hey. I'm just happy you're here!"
"Well... helluva way to make me feel even worse kid."
"Are you leaving again?"
"I have to... If I stay I'll just make a mess for you. Don't want that. Especially not since it looks like you got things figured out for yourself very well. I really just popped in to congratulate both of you. And to tell you that I'm very proud of you Silver."
She starts ruffling your hair again as she looks at Nutmeg.
"And you. Charlotte-"
"Nutmeg."
"Nutmeg. Do me a solid and watch out for him, alright? He needs it and you look like the dependable type."
"I-I will. Thank you ma'am!"
"Hm. Cute. You're not much like your mother. And I mean that as a compliment."
She then pauses as if she remembered something.
"Oh right. One more thing. I heard you met Kaido as well. Just a word of warning. Don't trust either of them. Linlin and him are dangerous. Same goes for every two bit pirate pretending to be a king or queen."
She lets go of your head.
"Now then. I think that's enough. Wouldn't want to bore you with the ramblings of an old crone. I'll let you kids get back to your thing."
"Wait!"
"Hmmm?"
"When? When will the time come when you don't go away?"
"Sigh. I don't know. The world is cruel at its heart. It doesn't want people to be happy. When everyone is free to do as they please, when others won't come after us just for existing. Then... I promise we'll be together little buddy."
"Promise?"
"Promise."
"Then I'll promise too! I'll promise that I'll make a world like that one day! I swear it!"
"Heh."
Eliza shakes her head.
"Better get to it then kid! I don't want you to swear something on my name and then not keep it! Now... best of luck. For the both of you. Adios!"
And she takes off just as fast as she appeared, running across the surface of the water as if it was solid ground.