p id="viewer-foo"There was a silence on the deck. Admittedly this was not the ideal situation. They were being offered another deal by the man they came to kill. It was either kill him and be on the run for the rest of their lives; which would put their friends in the same boat, or work for him and spare said friends and themselves of said fate. "This isn't really a fair thing to decide without them... but it's a choice we have to make without them", Blueno said./p
p id="viewer-crsg9" /p
p id="viewer-2813f"Kumadori shook his head and spoke up. "They may have agreed to go with us until the end but I'd rather them not do that. This shouldn't have to be their problem."/p
p id="viewer-2s84f" /p
p id="viewer-b2k69""He's right. This is the opportunity for them to go back to their regular lives. They did everything they could to get us this far and the least we could do is make it so they don't have to worry about us. They'd do the same for us", Kalifa said. "Just give us a minute to say goodbye."/p
p id="viewer-b45bq" /p
p id="viewer-1ve9a""Negative. Telling them anything would only resort in further resistance from them, and in turn resistance from you. If you truly want them to be free... then you'd let them go. Of course, once again the choice is still yours", Cannibal said. It was rare to meet someone who could be so nonchalant about their own death./p
p id="viewer-dla14" /p
p id="viewer-e21m8""Thats...", Jabra began to see. "We can't even tell them goodbye?" Cannibal shook his head in confirmation./p
p id="viewer-dqhs" /p
p id="viewer-e0dmo""I see. So, the choice you are going with is to work for this man again", Lucci asked. He didn't sound happy about it himself, but he didn't sound quite upset either. As per usual he was hard to read. He looked at each of them to confirm the final decision before telling Cannibal anything. Jabra, Blueno, Kumadori, Fukurou, and Kalifa all nodded in reluctant agreement. "And YOU, Kaku", Lucci said./p
p id="viewer-e8h2m" /p
p id="viewer-4qneq""Well... I have to admit, working for the government isn't ideal, but having to deal with this for the rest of my life would be even more of a pain in the ass, so I suppose I'll go with our comrades on this."/p
p id="viewer-c3flm" /p
p id="viewer-9qkg4"Lucci nodded and turned back towards Cannibal. "Very well. What are we supposed to do then?"/p
p id="viewer-5b0lk" /p
p id="viewer-721mn" /p
p id="viewer-ekr6f" /p
p id="viewer-2abj9" /p
p id="viewer-8reis"```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````/p
p id="viewer-49m5f""Serenity your healing power is amazing! You even closed the hole in my stomach", Raymond said as he rubbed his stomach. "I didn't even know plants could heal like that."/p
p id="viewer-alk9e" /p
p id="viewer-9btl8""They can in the hands of a skilled devil fruit user. I'll add it to your bill", Serenity joked./p
p id="viewer-4ghia" /p
p id="viewer-a1pvs""Will I get a refund if I let you put another hole in me", he replied./p
p id="viewer-2ets5" /p
p id="viewer-fifkk""What's taking them so long? Haven't they taken care of the problem yet", Moira asked./p
p id="viewer-7htgr" /p
p id="viewer-6ipal""Yeah, I'd say they have. Evident by Cannibal calling for us", a familiar voice said. It was an unnervingly familiar voice./p
p id="viewer-4fdg0" /p
p id="viewer-b2hev""No, I must be hearing things, that can't be her again, could it", Gurin asked as she looked around. Like a sudden flash, they were surrounded on the deck of the ship. Surrounded by faces they could have gone without seeing again! It was Rafflesia! Not just her either. Claire, Hatchet, Montague and Springer were there too! "What the hell are you all doing here and where did you come from?! Trying to attack us when we're tired?"/p
p id="viewer-5c5fl" /p
p id="viewer-6ah0r""Cool your tits! As much as I wouldn't mind ending all of you, we're not here to kill any of you this time. We have new orders now", Springer said./p
p id="viewer-5t5gb" /p
p id="viewer-709si"Raymond shook his head and reach for his weapon! "And what would THAT be", Raymond asked./p
p id="viewer-fmj8r" /p
p id="viewer-7l9ob"As if to answer their question, Kalifa appeared on the edge of Cannibal's ship. "Ah, you're just in time. We have some visitors here. But we can take care of them if you're all still busy", Serenity said. There was no verbal response from Kalifa... only her raising her hands. Several of the barrels on the SkyDancer fizzled down into soap. They were expecting the soap piles to target the imposing silencers. Instead of going after the enemies, the bubbles began to swarm around Raymond, Gurin, Borya, Moira, and Serenity instead! "K-kalifa! You missed!"/p
p id="viewer-52s0b" /p
p id="viewer-a2uv7"Once again, Kalifa said nothing. She only gave a cold stare and continued to pile on the bubbles. All of them began to feel weak! Having their energy sapped by the strength draining bubbles. This wasn't an accident! She was intentionally piling more and more bubbles on them, completely ignoring the silencers. "Kalifa, what are you doing?! What's going on?!" After they had all fallen to the floor, it had gotten to the point where they couldn't even see past the clouds of bubbles swarming the area! "Kalifa"/p
p id="viewer-2fpf7" /p
p id="viewer-4dvq1""Where are the others?! Why are they letting her do this", Moira said. She tried to shout and blow the bubbles away but all the bubbles covered so thoroughly that she couldn't even muster the strength to shout. Once she was sure they couldn't get up, Kalifa began to walk off. Her and the rest of them all looked over at Cannibal./p
p id="viewer-fhst3" /p
p id="viewer-dh4os"Jabra made his way over and grabbed him by the collar. "You better keep your damn promise! Get them back safe and unharmed! And never bother them again! That goes for your cronies too"/p
p id="viewer-ekt" /p
p id="viewer-9hl8h""As long as they can't interfere then you have my word", Cannibal replied. Now we'd better get moving before they do just that..."/p
p id="viewer-7oqtn" /p
p id="viewer-34dqh""You still haven't figured it out yet huh", Hatchet said. "They're abandoning you!" Kalifa momentarily stopped at this. It wasn't the complete truth but she would have to let the comment go if she wanted this to work. She picked up her pace again./p
p id="viewer-4vkm8" /p
p id="viewer-feqh1""That's a lie! And what the hell are you even doing here", Raymond asked./p
p id="viewer-6r8t3" /p
p id="viewer-1efcr""We're just here to keep an eye on you until they leave! For your own safety and theirs", Claire replied./p
p id="viewer-5fdoa" /p
p id="viewer-f2k0f"Now that the bubbles ceased piling up on them, Moira was able to draw enough strength to raise her voice again. "ENOUGH!" She shouted and blew away all the bubbles. It was only enough to blow away the obstruction however. As quick as they all fell, they all stood up again, only to realize that Cannibal's ship was sailing away. "Huh? They... really ARE leaving? That ship can still sail?!"/p
p id="viewer-429lr" /p
p id="viewer-4ncs9""They're going to work for Cannibal now. We're only here to stop you from going after them. They're forbidden from associating with any of you again...so you'll more than likely never see any of them again.", Claire replied./p
p id="viewer-4t5mm" /p
p id="viewer-skrs""Stop us from going after them... is that what they thought would happen? We'd let you stop us from going after them", Gurin asked./p
p id="viewer-iesq" /p
p id="viewer-90l5b""Well, I've heard crazier things in my life! Come on, let's go after them", Raymond shouted as he began to use the moonwalk technique over the edge of the ship. True to his word, Hatchet appeared in front of him. "Get out of my way Hatchet, before I FRY you again! You can't stop me!/p
p id="viewer-43tht" /p
p id="viewer-ar9l0"Gurin also prepared to give chase to them as well, until she felt something zoom past her. She assumed it would be another silencer but it actually turned out to be Borya! He quickly grabbed onto Raymond's arms. "Raymond, stop!"/p
p id="viewer-1tatj" /p
p id="viewer-5jlqt"Raymond struggled, but he couldn't get free! "Borya let me go! We have to go after them before they get away! I'm going to DRAG them back here if I have to!"/p
p id="viewer-autaf" /p
p id="viewer-dqnqa""Raymond, we have to let them go. I don't know what reason they did this but they had to have done it for some form of one."/p
p id="viewer-83pkt" /p
p id="viewer-cqfar""Reason?! What's wrong with you, Borya? What reason would they abandon us? What reason would they work for HIM! After all we had been through to get here. We TRAVELED together! We FOUGHT together! We almost DIED together... we went to war and LIVED...together... and they're just gonna leave us here?"/p
p id="viewer-21t1e" /p
p id="viewer-20f9f""I know! It hurts! I have to fight every urge to go after them myself... but if we do that, we're going to cause some kind of trouble. There's no telling what might happen! They made this decision and we have to trust them."/p
p id="viewer-etked" /p
p id="viewer-eomou"Serenity let out a deep sad sigh. "He's right. They never promised they'd stick around after the mission was done but I'm sure they had some sort of other reason for this." She covered her face with her palm./p
p id="viewer-auiov" /p
p id="viewer-3827q""T-they didn't even say goodbye. No note, no hugs no NOTHING. They just left us. The last time we'll see any of them and they didn't even say goodbye", Gurin said. She fell to her knees./p
p id="viewer-e4jt6" /p
p id="viewer-85vum"Hatchet honestly was at a loss for a witty remark this time. He actually felt a bit of pity for them. "Look... It's honestly for the best. This is the reason cipher pol agents don't have friends, you know? Because it just makes it that much harder when you have to let someone go. You'll live a much better life without them, believe me. They too will be fine as long as they follow orders, so quite your concern and worry about yourselves. Now I assume you all can find your way back to Zero island", he asked before getting ready to depart with his fellow silencers. He was greeted by multiple nods from the group. "Good. Make sure you go there instead of after this ship, and everything will be fine." That's when he and the rest of the silencers vanished. More than likely towards Cannibal's ship./p
p id="viewer-cf38t" /p
p id="viewer-b893d""Thats probably why they left. I don't know the exact details but they probably did this to stop us from getting involved even further. Please don't think it's because they want to hurt us", Serenity managed to say after wiping her eyes./p
p id="viewer-5g828" /p
p id="viewer-4rjvn"Raymond finally calmed down and nodded his head. He and Borya made their way back onto the deck. "I'm sorry for stopping you. It's just..."/p
p id="viewer-6ouei" /p
p id="viewer-53dkg""I know, Borya. It's for the best... but what do we do now?"/p
p id="viewer-1fb9k" /p
p id="viewer-d5ig3"Moira finally managed to gather herself and dry her own face. "We should just go home for now. It's been a long journey and right now I just want to see my dad again."/p
p id="viewer-5b127" /p
p id="viewer-4vljn"I guess I should go back and tell everyone at the theater that Kumadori won't be coming back... but it's as they say; the show must go on. I'll miss him..."/p
p id="viewer-9repj" /p
p id="viewer-92fum""I'll miss that mutt man helping me with my work. Maybe I'll hire someone else... or maybe not. I don't know yet."/p
p id="viewer-bojon" /p
p id="viewer-2jc36""Heaten might be happy to know he won't have to run the cafe anymore. He probably won't be AS happy that Kalifa won't be back with us."/p
p id="viewer-7ptcl" /p
p id="viewer-ehpvd""I suppose it's the quiet life of retirement for me once again", Serenity said as she made her way to helm. "Though maybe that's probably what I need right now. Maybe what we all need. A nice quiet life."/p
p id="viewer-6jlpj" /p
p id="viewer-5u6sd" /p
p id="viewer-d12mb" /p
p id="viewer-dghq6"With that... they turned the SkyDancer around and set sail back for Zero Island. Life for them went back to normal for the most part. They may never see the ex-agents again but it didn't stop them from continuing being friends. Raymond still had help with his experiment, the four still stopped by the library to read and visit Serenity, came to have brunch at Borya's café, came to see and even sometimes be IN the play's back at The Rose Waltz, and got together every now and then at the Tox Fox for drinks. Even if it was just to talk about their adventures with the ex-assassins. Yes, perhaps they would never see them again, but they had a lifetime worth of stories.../p
p id="viewer-6jpm4" /p
p id="viewer-eo3op" /p
p id="viewer-9nm8m" /p
p id="viewer-dr0on" /p
p id="viewer-pql8" /p
p id="viewer-bf7hm" /p
p id="viewer-7g24t" /p
p id="viewer-6v867"````````````````````````````````````/p
p id="viewer-cs6u""Are you all actually ok with this", Spandam asked./p
p id="viewer-7sgkg" /p
p id="viewer-7vbcg""They'll be fine, right? We won't have to worry about them", Blueno said. As Cannibals ship sailed far away from the SkyDancer, he couldn't help but feel uneasy./p
p id="viewer-bmasv" /p
p id="viewer-8ql16""Relax. They're strong. When I first met them, I thought they were pathetic. You'll never hear me say this again... but I eat my words. If something ever stands in their way, they'll come out on top. This is just one situation they shouldn't have to deal with", Lucci said./p
p id="viewer-6n8ec" /p
p id="viewer-6ofgn""We shouldn't have to burden them with this. In time they will understand it was for the best", Kumadori said./p
p id="viewer-1psn4" /p
p id="viewer-dhu1l"Fukurou nodded. "They can live their lives how they lived them before they met us. This is for the best."/p
p id="viewer-asld2" /p
p id="viewer-dofk9""And they won't be hurt anymore just for being around us of us", Jabra added./p
p id="viewer-d72on" /p
p id="viewer-ahl55"Kaku gave one final look at the SkyDancer as it was finally started to fade out of view. "This is what it means to be a government agent. This is what it means to be an assassin."/p
p id="viewer-crsg9" /p
p id="viewer-2813f"Kumadori shook his head and spoke up. "They may have agreed to go with us until the end but I'd rather them not do that. This shouldn't have to be their problem."/p
p id="viewer-2s84f" /p
p id="viewer-b2k69""He's right. This is the opportunity for them to go back to their regular lives. They did everything they could to get us this far and the least we could do is make it so they don't have to worry about us. They'd do the same for us", Kalifa said. "Just give us a minute to say goodbye."/p
p id="viewer-b45bq" /p
p id="viewer-1ve9a""Negative. Telling them anything would only resort in further resistance from them, and in turn resistance from you. If you truly want them to be free... then you'd let them go. Of course, once again the choice is still yours", Cannibal said. It was rare to meet someone who could be so nonchalant about their own death./p
p id="viewer-dla14" /p
p id="viewer-e21m8""Thats...", Jabra began to see. "We can't even tell them goodbye?" Cannibal shook his head in confirmation./p
p id="viewer-dqhs" /p
p id="viewer-e0dmo""I see. So, the choice you are going with is to work for this man again", Lucci asked. He didn't sound happy about it himself, but he didn't sound quite upset either. As per usual he was hard to read. He looked at each of them to confirm the final decision before telling Cannibal anything. Jabra, Blueno, Kumadori, Fukurou, and Kalifa all nodded in reluctant agreement. "And YOU, Kaku", Lucci said./p
p id="viewer-e8h2m" /p
p id="viewer-4qneq""Well... I have to admit, working for the government isn't ideal, but having to deal with this for the rest of my life would be even more of a pain in the ass, so I suppose I'll go with our comrades on this."/p
p id="viewer-c3flm" /p
p id="viewer-9qkg4"Lucci nodded and turned back towards Cannibal. "Very well. What are we supposed to do then?"/p
p id="viewer-5b0lk" /p
p id="viewer-721mn" /p
p id="viewer-ekr6f" /p
p id="viewer-2abj9" /p
p id="viewer-8reis"```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````/p
p id="viewer-49m5f""Serenity your healing power is amazing! You even closed the hole in my stomach", Raymond said as he rubbed his stomach. "I didn't even know plants could heal like that."/p
p id="viewer-alk9e" /p
p id="viewer-9btl8""They can in the hands of a skilled devil fruit user. I'll add it to your bill", Serenity joked./p
p id="viewer-4ghia" /p
p id="viewer-a1pvs""Will I get a refund if I let you put another hole in me", he replied./p
p id="viewer-2ets5" /p
p id="viewer-fifkk""What's taking them so long? Haven't they taken care of the problem yet", Moira asked./p
p id="viewer-7htgr" /p
p id="viewer-6ipal""Yeah, I'd say they have. Evident by Cannibal calling for us", a familiar voice said. It was an unnervingly familiar voice./p
p id="viewer-4fdg0" /p
p id="viewer-b2hev""No, I must be hearing things, that can't be her again, could it", Gurin asked as she looked around. Like a sudden flash, they were surrounded on the deck of the ship. Surrounded by faces they could have gone without seeing again! It was Rafflesia! Not just her either. Claire, Hatchet, Montague and Springer were there too! "What the hell are you all doing here and where did you come from?! Trying to attack us when we're tired?"/p
p id="viewer-5c5fl" /p
p id="viewer-6ah0r""Cool your tits! As much as I wouldn't mind ending all of you, we're not here to kill any of you this time. We have new orders now", Springer said./p
p id="viewer-5t5gb" /p
p id="viewer-709si"Raymond shook his head and reach for his weapon! "And what would THAT be", Raymond asked./p
p id="viewer-fmj8r" /p
p id="viewer-7l9ob"As if to answer their question, Kalifa appeared on the edge of Cannibal's ship. "Ah, you're just in time. We have some visitors here. But we can take care of them if you're all still busy", Serenity said. There was no verbal response from Kalifa... only her raising her hands. Several of the barrels on the SkyDancer fizzled down into soap. They were expecting the soap piles to target the imposing silencers. Instead of going after the enemies, the bubbles began to swarm around Raymond, Gurin, Borya, Moira, and Serenity instead! "K-kalifa! You missed!"/p
p id="viewer-52s0b" /p
p id="viewer-a2uv7"Once again, Kalifa said nothing. She only gave a cold stare and continued to pile on the bubbles. All of them began to feel weak! Having their energy sapped by the strength draining bubbles. This wasn't an accident! She was intentionally piling more and more bubbles on them, completely ignoring the silencers. "Kalifa, what are you doing?! What's going on?!" After they had all fallen to the floor, it had gotten to the point where they couldn't even see past the clouds of bubbles swarming the area! "Kalifa"/p
p id="viewer-2fpf7" /p
p id="viewer-4dvq1""Where are the others?! Why are they letting her do this", Moira said. She tried to shout and blow the bubbles away but all the bubbles covered so thoroughly that she couldn't even muster the strength to shout. Once she was sure they couldn't get up, Kalifa began to walk off. Her and the rest of them all looked over at Cannibal./p
p id="viewer-fhst3" /p
p id="viewer-dh4os"Jabra made his way over and grabbed him by the collar. "You better keep your damn promise! Get them back safe and unharmed! And never bother them again! That goes for your cronies too"/p
p id="viewer-ekt" /p
p id="viewer-9hl8h""As long as they can't interfere then you have my word", Cannibal replied. Now we'd better get moving before they do just that..."/p
p id="viewer-7oqtn" /p
p id="viewer-34dqh""You still haven't figured it out yet huh", Hatchet said. "They're abandoning you!" Kalifa momentarily stopped at this. It wasn't the complete truth but she would have to let the comment go if she wanted this to work. She picked up her pace again./p
p id="viewer-4vkm8" /p
p id="viewer-feqh1""That's a lie! And what the hell are you even doing here", Raymond asked./p
p id="viewer-6r8t3" /p
p id="viewer-1efcr""We're just here to keep an eye on you until they leave! For your own safety and theirs", Claire replied./p
p id="viewer-5fdoa" /p
p id="viewer-f2k0f"Now that the bubbles ceased piling up on them, Moira was able to draw enough strength to raise her voice again. "ENOUGH!" She shouted and blew away all the bubbles. It was only enough to blow away the obstruction however. As quick as they all fell, they all stood up again, only to realize that Cannibal's ship was sailing away. "Huh? They... really ARE leaving? That ship can still sail?!"/p
p id="viewer-429lr" /p
p id="viewer-4ncs9""They're going to work for Cannibal now. We're only here to stop you from going after them. They're forbidden from associating with any of you again...so you'll more than likely never see any of them again.", Claire replied./p
p id="viewer-4t5mm" /p
p id="viewer-skrs""Stop us from going after them... is that what they thought would happen? We'd let you stop us from going after them", Gurin asked./p
p id="viewer-iesq" /p
p id="viewer-90l5b""Well, I've heard crazier things in my life! Come on, let's go after them", Raymond shouted as he began to use the moonwalk technique over the edge of the ship. True to his word, Hatchet appeared in front of him. "Get out of my way Hatchet, before I FRY you again! You can't stop me!/p
p id="viewer-43tht" /p
p id="viewer-ar9l0"Gurin also prepared to give chase to them as well, until she felt something zoom past her. She assumed it would be another silencer but it actually turned out to be Borya! He quickly grabbed onto Raymond's arms. "Raymond, stop!"/p
p id="viewer-1tatj" /p
p id="viewer-5jlqt"Raymond struggled, but he couldn't get free! "Borya let me go! We have to go after them before they get away! I'm going to DRAG them back here if I have to!"/p
p id="viewer-autaf" /p
p id="viewer-dqnqa""Raymond, we have to let them go. I don't know what reason they did this but they had to have done it for some form of one."/p
p id="viewer-83pkt" /p
p id="viewer-cqfar""Reason?! What's wrong with you, Borya? What reason would they abandon us? What reason would they work for HIM! After all we had been through to get here. We TRAVELED together! We FOUGHT together! We almost DIED together... we went to war and LIVED...together... and they're just gonna leave us here?"/p
p id="viewer-21t1e" /p
p id="viewer-20f9f""I know! It hurts! I have to fight every urge to go after them myself... but if we do that, we're going to cause some kind of trouble. There's no telling what might happen! They made this decision and we have to trust them."/p
p id="viewer-etked" /p
p id="viewer-eomou"Serenity let out a deep sad sigh. "He's right. They never promised they'd stick around after the mission was done but I'm sure they had some sort of other reason for this." She covered her face with her palm./p
p id="viewer-auiov" /p
p id="viewer-3827q""T-they didn't even say goodbye. No note, no hugs no NOTHING. They just left us. The last time we'll see any of them and they didn't even say goodbye", Gurin said. She fell to her knees./p
p id="viewer-e4jt6" /p
p id="viewer-85vum"Hatchet honestly was at a loss for a witty remark this time. He actually felt a bit of pity for them. "Look... It's honestly for the best. This is the reason cipher pol agents don't have friends, you know? Because it just makes it that much harder when you have to let someone go. You'll live a much better life without them, believe me. They too will be fine as long as they follow orders, so quite your concern and worry about yourselves. Now I assume you all can find your way back to Zero island", he asked before getting ready to depart with his fellow silencers. He was greeted by multiple nods from the group. "Good. Make sure you go there instead of after this ship, and everything will be fine." That's when he and the rest of the silencers vanished. More than likely towards Cannibal's ship./p
p id="viewer-cf38t" /p
p id="viewer-b893d""Thats probably why they left. I don't know the exact details but they probably did this to stop us from getting involved even further. Please don't think it's because they want to hurt us", Serenity managed to say after wiping her eyes./p
p id="viewer-5g828" /p
p id="viewer-4rjvn"Raymond finally calmed down and nodded his head. He and Borya made their way back onto the deck. "I'm sorry for stopping you. It's just..."/p
p id="viewer-6ouei" /p
p id="viewer-53dkg""I know, Borya. It's for the best... but what do we do now?"/p
p id="viewer-1fb9k" /p
p id="viewer-d5ig3"Moira finally managed to gather herself and dry her own face. "We should just go home for now. It's been a long journey and right now I just want to see my dad again."/p
p id="viewer-5b127" /p
p id="viewer-4vljn"I guess I should go back and tell everyone at the theater that Kumadori won't be coming back... but it's as they say; the show must go on. I'll miss him..."/p
p id="viewer-9repj" /p
p id="viewer-92fum""I'll miss that mutt man helping me with my work. Maybe I'll hire someone else... or maybe not. I don't know yet."/p
p id="viewer-bojon" /p
p id="viewer-2jc36""Heaten might be happy to know he won't have to run the cafe anymore. He probably won't be AS happy that Kalifa won't be back with us."/p
p id="viewer-7ptcl" /p
p id="viewer-ehpvd""I suppose it's the quiet life of retirement for me once again", Serenity said as she made her way to helm. "Though maybe that's probably what I need right now. Maybe what we all need. A nice quiet life."/p
p id="viewer-6jlpj" /p
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p id="viewer-dghq6"With that... they turned the SkyDancer around and set sail back for Zero Island. Life for them went back to normal for the most part. They may never see the ex-agents again but it didn't stop them from continuing being friends. Raymond still had help with his experiment, the four still stopped by the library to read and visit Serenity, came to have brunch at Borya's café, came to see and even sometimes be IN the play's back at The Rose Waltz, and got together every now and then at the Tox Fox for drinks. Even if it was just to talk about their adventures with the ex-assassins. Yes, perhaps they would never see them again, but they had a lifetime worth of stories.../p
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p id="viewer-cs6u""Are you all actually ok with this", Spandam asked./p
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p id="viewer-7vbcg""They'll be fine, right? We won't have to worry about them", Blueno said. As Cannibals ship sailed far away from the SkyDancer, he couldn't help but feel uneasy./p
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p id="viewer-8ql16""Relax. They're strong. When I first met them, I thought they were pathetic. You'll never hear me say this again... but I eat my words. If something ever stands in their way, they'll come out on top. This is just one situation they shouldn't have to deal with", Lucci said./p
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p id="viewer-6ofgn""We shouldn't have to burden them with this. In time they will understand it was for the best", Kumadori said./p
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p id="viewer-dhu1l"Fukurou nodded. "They can live their lives how they lived them before they met us. This is for the best."/p
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p id="viewer-dofk9""And they won't be hurt anymore just for being around us of us", Jabra added./p
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p id="viewer-ahl55"Kaku gave one final look at the SkyDancer as it was finally started to fade out of view. "This is what it means to be a government agent. This is what it means to be an assassin."/p