Smoker and Tashigi weren't expecting the laws of nature to be broken today.
"I should have added that to the To Do list," Tashigi muttered to herself as Smoker finished talking to his deceased friend-slash-relative.
Tashigi stepped forward to the machine and pressed the button anxiously, wondering who she would get. She didn't know anybody who had died very well, so she definitely wasn't expecting someone she didn't know at all to appear.
"Who are you?" she asked the little navy-haired girl.
"My name is Kuina," the girl snapped, "and I have a few things to tell you!"
Tashigi blinked in surprise.
"First thing is, my father gave the Wado Ichimonji to Zoro. My father is not a criminal of any sort, and the Wado was being passed along my family line. The sword was mine, and I'm totally okay with Zoro having my sword."
Tashigi drew back in surprise. Kuina took in a breath.
"Second thing, Zoro's dream is to become the greatest swordsman in the world. It was mine too, before I died, so Zoro carrying Wado is like taking me with him, carrying my dreams as well. It holds special meaning to both of us, so for him to defeat Hawkeyes without the Wado is just not acceptable."
Tashigi was surprised, both by this girl and the things she was saying.
"Lastly," Kuina said, "take care of the idiot for me."
Tashigi didn't expect that.
"He's dumb, and he has zero sense of direction and he can't even process the idea that it's him and not the rest of the world. But he's still my friend anyway, so make sure he doesn't die."
Tashigi finally found her voice. "But he's a pirate, and I'm a Marine-"
"Eh," Kuina interrupted the older girl. "So what? Pirates go around robbing people and adventuring on the bad side of the law. Marines go around robbing pirates and adventuring on the good side of the law. I don't see much difference."
"Marines have justice, something pirates don't have-"
"Have you ever thought about why X Drake defected from the Marines?" Kuina's words were cold and harsh.
"I didn't think you would know about tha-"
"I follow the news, strike me down. I'll say it again. Have you ever thought why the Rear Admiral defected?"
"...No," Tashigi finally admitted.
"He had his own sense of justice," Kuina answered. "He found that the Marines were no longer what he felt was right. You have your own justice, don't you? You and every Marine here, and this crazy old guy and the white-haired dude over there. Justice, to each of them, means something different."
Tashigi felt vaguely enlightened.
"Zoro has his own justice too," Kuina added. "All the pirates do. Maybe they dislike the government, maybe they want adventure. No matter what, though, I will say this. Justice will never mean the same thing to two different people."
With that, Kuina melted into the wind. Vegapunk began a slow applause.
Here's the extra! I... I honestly don't know what this is. But I like how it came out, so... yeah. Thanks for reading, and please leave a review on your way out!