He's not entirely sure how it happened. One second he's taking down an annoying marine and the next he's feeling a sharp pain in his back and tumbling over the railing, but when he realizes what's happening it's already too late. He hears Nami's shout for a second before the waves swallow him whole and make him powerless. The swirling of the water dies down and he soon finds himself sinking calmly as he watches the sunlight hit the waves, giving him a strange feeling of peace. Falling overboard has never quite been the same, not ever since that first time after Shells town, and he doesn't panic because he knows that it's just a matter of time–
He catches a glint of gold and spreads out his arms for the warm body to slide between them, and he smiles as an arm wraps snugly around his waist in a way it never does above the surface (he wishes it did, though).