Corace had been passed on from a young age. It wasn't permanent but it was something that would last most of the kid's childhood.
Due to his young age and vulnerability, the boy's parents had decided to send him to live with his uncle on another pirate ship until they could safely come back for him. From the age of 4 Corace was to grow up in the foster care of Luffy's brother Ace but what they didn't know is that Ace had a partner aboard the ship too. In fact they continued to be oblivious to it as they dropped their son off and left.
Corace had already been acquainted with Ace since birth but it took a while longer to warm up to Marco. His parents hadn't told him about another father being included. Corace clung to Ace's leg whenever Marco was around and although he knew he had to accept him sooner or later, there was something about the man that Corace couldn't put his finger on.
After dinner he had excused himself from the mess hall and toddled off to bed. He swiftly changed into his pyjamas and climbed onto his makeshift bed.
At first Ace and a few other members of the crew had been puzzled as to why Corace wanted to sleep on a pile of blankets and pillows in a small room when he could quite easily sleep with the rest of them. Corace didn't want to cause any trouble and assured them he'd be just fine where he was. For further persuasion the infant told them a story about how he liked to gather up his blankets and pillows and sleep in different places to get used to the feeling.
"S'm people ar' less lucky 'nd 'ave to sleep on the floor." He beamed up with the sweetest smile. "So I want'd to share that feelin' by sleepin' 'n o-other places." He demonstrated enthusiastically by waving his arms about.
After that the others had accepted his story and let him be.
"Okay then, Corace. But if you want to come join the rest of us next door, you can, okay?" Ace assured.
"Mhm!" He nodded happily, still having that same beaming smile on his face. One that reminded the raven a lot like Luffy.
