Luffy and Zoro sent blow after blow at one another to no avail their entire fight after their first blow. Zoro listened to Luffy's cocky words and flipped his blades around to their edge, yet the rubberman would just bound up into the air out of shot. Zoro was quick on his own feet, and knew that where Buggy had been a challenge against his swords, someone with rubber powers would be right up his alley. Even now, he could see all the wounds Luffy had already suffered from Buggy's little knives.

"Release him!" came a voice, piercing across the battlefield. Everyone, even Luffy and Zoro, stopped what they were doing or saying to look over as Tashigi rushed Buggy. Her sword was still drawn and she swiped this way and that across Buggy's body. She rationally knew about the nature of his powers and how they had neutralized the usefulness of a swordsman like Zoro. Yet her instincts couldn't help herself at seeing her captain in danger.

Buggy's body separated where her sword swiped across him, but he just stared at her as she did so, dividing his body more and more. "You're a tiresome whelp, but loyal," Buggy said lazily, holding Smoker firmly in place. Yet with his free hand, now holding one of his knives, hovered in the air behind Tashigi.

Weakling! Move! Smoker thought, unable to speak, but intensely worried for his executive commander.

Buggy's arm launched forward, right for the small of Tashigi's back - but Zoro swung his blade in, purposely clashing against Buggy's blade to connect properly with something. He propelled Buggy's hand away, having sheathed one of his swords. "Look alive! You know the situation, so act like it," Zoro said reproachfully. It was almost too much for Tashigi to bear. She bit her lip hard to waylay her tears.

"There's nothing we can do now," Zoro said, but he was thinking about how he could tackle Buggy hand to hand. It was far from his expertise, but he was stronger than Buggy; he had to be. He began sheathing his swords, but Buggy's armed hand shot back to his body as he stooped down, closer to Smoker.

And he drew his knife close to Smoker's throat, pressing the edge against his adam's apple. "Say goodbye, Smoker! I'll really be ready for the Grand Line now," he bragged as he prepared to slice the knife across the Navy man's neck.

Until Luffy's fist sailed into Buggy's face unexpectedly, propelling him off of the Navy captain. His jitte went flying with Buggy but fell short of where he landed. He held on tight to the knife, though, white knuckling it as he rose up. Luffy's arm snapped back to his body. He was walking toward the others as Buggy rubbed his head where Luffy's fist had punched him. "What's the deal, Mugiwara?! Are we on the same side or not?!"

Luffy threw another punch at Buggy, but expecting this one, he separated at the neck and avoided it, reattaching as Luffy's fist snapped back to his body. "We are not on the same side! I can't forgive you for what you did to Shanks hat."

"Then why did you save me and say pirates should work together against Marines or whatever the HELL it is you said!" Buggy said, running out of breath before he could fully finish his sentence with the emphasis he wanted to. He was panting, but he picked himself up because this meant the fight wasn't over. Just in front of Luffy, Smoker composed himself and stretched his arm out in a smoke row to pick up his jitte, snapping it back to his body.

"He brings up a good point," Smoker said with wrath, still dead-eyed on Buggy though.

"He had you beat," Luffy said simply. "There's no reason to take a life at that point."

Smoker finally spared Luffy a glance over his shoulder, interested by that comment. A pirate with a conscience, he thought sardonically, but wondered if perhaps he couldn't be more useful after all. A wild card is better than a two, Smoker resolved, and stood up at his full height. "Well, then, thanks," Smoker had to say. He had no idea who this pirate was, and was beginning to wonder if he wasn't just some idealistic adventurer. But the name! He's no mere adventurer.

Zoro, too, was struck by this comment, studying Luffy from afar. He, too, had no idea who this was at all, but had also been struck by his power. Unlike Buggy, it hadn't been an innate ability that stopped his chances of victory. In fact, Zoro had held a stronger advantage with his blades against Luffy's; and yet Luffy had still walked away without a scratch. Granted, the fight had been cut short, Zoro would admit. But he's strong. He's stronger than me.

"Okay, Buggy," Smoker said, cracking his neck. "I'm not gonna let that happen again. But good play."

"Shut up! He's mine!" Luffy said, sprinting forward and mockingly running through Smoker. Everyone watched as Luffy barreled ahead, almost parallel to the ground as his legs and arms pumped forward. He threw his arms back. "Gum Gum Bazooka!"

"You dumbass! You exist to make things more difficult!" Buggy yelled as he armed both his hands now. "Chop Chop Deadly Carnival!" His parts began to split into the dozens that he could form as Luffy's hands blew past his body, still running ahead. Yet instead of spreading his palms, he interlaced his fingers. They began to stretch all around Buggy, whose eyes widened.

"Gum Gum Bazooka Net!" Luffy corrected, and the weaving of his hands was tight. There was little room for Buggy to dodge the attack or even slip between Luffy's fingers, as they tightened around Buggy. Formless, he became a big ball inside Luffy's hands, which continued to destress and grow tighter and more painful around Buggy. He croaked out moans of pain, glad his powers were still active as his knives dug into his own parts harmlessly.

Luffy heaved the ball of Buggy around in a wide circle three times. He gave a little grunt as he opened his fingers and tossed the Buggy Ball high in the air. Buggy screamed as he slammed into the mast of the Big Top, scattering apart into all his individual pieces. Luffy stretched his arms out without skipping a beat, catching onto the railing of the ship and whipping himself onto the deck to continue fighting Buggy.

"Hm," Smoker grunted as he placed his jitte back on his back and turned into his solid smoke form, flowing through the air in a river up onto the Big Top's deck with the other two captains. Tashigi ran forward a few paces, unable to think of the words to protest her superior rushing into battle. Zoro sheathed his swords, stepping forward to stand next to her with extreme hesitation. He couldn't ignore his sympathy for her emotions now.

"What do we do about them?" Zoro asked, referring to Usopp and Nami with a thumb their way. It was his meager attempt to give her some authority in the moment.

"They're not our enemy," Tashigi said dismissively, waving her hand. She stared up to the Big Top, despite not being able to spot the action from this angle.

Smoker landed atop the deck as Buggy's pieces slowly crawled across the deck to reform. Luffy stood nearby, staring at Buggy's mass take form again. "Kid! If you're a pirate, too, I'll give you this one chance to leave."

"No! He's mine to beat down," Luffy threw back. "He destroyed my treasure."

"It's just a stupid hat!" Buggy spat out as his head popped back onto his neck.

"It's Shanks' hat, and I'm supposed to return it to him! How can I do that now?!" Luffy spat back, and he tossed his arm back, whipping it forward again to send an unannounced Bullet into Buggy's body. He stayed solid this time, still grunting at the impact but refusing to fall again. It's time to kill you, Mugiwara, Buggy thought. And the key was on Smoker's back.

Buggy felt as if Smoker read his mind as Smoker armed himself with his jitte and double handed it, sending both arms forward at top speed. Buggy separated to avoid the point from contacting him, but Smoker maintained the assault, stabbing this way and that to try and contact with the Clown Prince. He grunted, frustrated with Buggy's reaction time. He and this kid've been fighting for who knows how long, and he's still this good?

"I said he's mine!" Luffy reiterated, and stood on one foot. "Gum Gum Whip!" He sent his foot toward Smoker, passing it through his shoulders harmlessly - though Smoker realized it before Buggy could. Luffy's foot swam through Smoker's cloud arms right for Buggy. Smoker was just able to snap his wrists up to avoid Luffy's foot hitting them, and instead it connected with Buggy's returning stomach.

Buggy croaked out as he was sent toppling backward, landing upside down against the wall of the cabin. Smoker made sure he was out for a moment before stomping over to Luffy, returning his arms to his body. "Okay, new plan. You're a damn dirty pirate and I'm the Marine who'll nab you." He got right up in Luffy's face, jamming a finger in it. But after he finished his sentence he lowered his finger at least. "But you're a no name as far as I know, and you saved my life. So as long as you burn that flag should I ever see you again, you'll receive no trouble from me. Deal?"

Luffy listened to Smoker's every word, but looked past him as something moved across the deck. Buggy was standing up. He grimaced and said, "Fine! You talk too much! He's getting up!" He ran through Smoker again, straight for Buggy. Smoker turned to watch, feeling a rather hurt ego today. Yet his spoken words were true. Buggy was wily and skillful, and he owed Luffy in his eyes. If he could utilize a criminal's help, then so be it, especially if it meant to arrest a notorious criminal who had a rap sheet.

Damn fools, Buggy though gleefully, for both had been too late. Before he'd composed himself, a hand had separated from his body and crept toward them, floating just above the deck in the shadow of the banister. It took hold of the jitte still in Smoker's hand. The White Fang's eyes went wide a moment before he started tugging back with both hands. Buggy's grip was tight, though, and he aimed his other hand at the jitte. "Chop Chop Cannon!" Empty handed, it shot forward and grabbed hold of the jitte from the other side.

Instead of pulling from either side as Smoker imagined he might at first, Buggy's hands went skyward and tugged Smoker's shoulder's up. He held tight to his weapon as Luffy reached Buggy, but Buggy kicked his boots' blades out, using them expertly as anyone could use a limb. They swung out in unsuspecting arcs, slicing Luffy across his chin. "Gum Gum Uppercut!" Luffy cried, and he delivered an upper cut as Buggy's leg was coming down from the same slice.

Buggy suspected a massive rubber attack that would allow him to cut Luffy's arm off, but of course, it was his only attack without the use of his power. He tracked Buggy's chin and made his fist connect with it, unwilling to let such a simple dodge work. "Gum Gum Sanji Kick!" he said, whipping his arms up then down as he jerked his foot up. This was a Gum Gum attack, and slammed into Buggy's face.

He flew high a moment before lifelessly falling back to the deck of the Big Top. From the other cabin entrance across from the main one came the Funan Brothers suddenly, creeping the door open. They were drawn by the disruption on the ship and they wanted to see if the crew were back. But of course, there was no such good news. At seeing their captain land on deck, they mistook him for dead, but were too scared to speak. They crept back into the cabin, slipping the door shut without Luffy or Smoker noticing.

Does he even need my help? Smoker had to wonder, stepping forward slowly as Buggy's hands went limp and fell to the deck as well. Luffy's back was to Smoker; not something any casual pirate would do to Smoker. Of course, that's pirates who know my name. But he knows my power by now. He's a fool, but he's no idiot. Thinking it out was the only thing he could do. He was also embarrassed suddenly at how interesting he found Luffy.

Smoker placed the jitte against Buggy's chest, sighing. "Well, I guess that's that." He would not say thank you.

"He's probably just got some other trick," Luffy said spitefully, staring at Buggy as if waiting for it.

And sure enough, Buggy's hands shot back to Smoker's jitte, unphased by the Seastone. I see! I'm the fool this time, Smoker thought as he wrestled against Buggy's hands. Just as he sprouted two plumes of cloud from his shoulders to subdue the hands from behind, Luffy grabbed hold of the jitte, jerking it in every which direction. "No, Buggy! You're done! Stop!" he cried, but his tugging from opposite directions was doing more to help Buggy than hurt.

The jitte slipped off of Buggy's chest, and his strength returned. He whipped his body and legs around in a flurry, cutting into Luffy's stomach again with both knife blades. He refused to let go of the jitte, but stumbled backward. It slipped out of Smoker's hands, and Buggy then reformed fully to use his full strength against Luffy's new wound to rip it out of his hands. He whipped Luffy across the face with it, paired with a brilliant cackle.

"And now you, fine Captain Smoker!" Buggy said, and he shot all his limbs out in different arcs to round upon Smoker. He looked at them all, trying to find the jitte among the massive row of body parts as they continued to separated. He turned the two plumes into seven and used them to round up all of Buggy's parts - and realized the hand holding his jitte was not among them.

It came jamming up into Smoker's knee from behind, driving him down to one knee, then two, then finally down to his stomach, powerless and his smoke reforming once again. Luffy yet again was charging forward with a roar, but Buggy whipped the jitte around again, scoring another solid hit on Luffy that drove him to the deck. Before Smoker could recover himself, he brought the jitte hard against the back of his neck, bolting him to the deck.

"Uh, uh, uh, Smokie boy," Buggy said. "We're done here. I'm tired of fooling with you all. I'm aiming for the sky, you suckers!"

"Damn . . . you . . . clown . . ." Smoker croaked out this time. There was ego yet to set aside, but he could tell that it truly was a lack of preparation. Knowing his Devil Fruit was maybe half of the battle. The rest would come in his raw use of it.

Suddenly, there was a great tearing sound, and both Buggy and Smoker looked to the rear mast, where Luffy had clambered up around the pillar, and had begun tearing the sail. A large chunk had been ripped, and now Luffy hung from it, hiking himself up and down to tear it inch by inch more. "What are you doing to my ship, Mugiwara?!" Buggy shouted.

"Oh, damn!" Luffy said as he was realized, and he stretched an arm out to the railing, grabbing hold and using it to tug himself that way and tear the sail steadier. Buggy launched his free hand, clutching a knife at Luffy, and it sailed right for his heart. "Oh, crap!" he cried once he saw that, and used all his strength in a heave that tore three feet from the sail. Buggy's knife cut into the fabric, tearing it further and making the difference in freeing it. The sail fell around Luffy, who gathered it up quickly as he made it to the deck.

"How dare you! I wasn't gonna do anything to your ship until after I beat you," Buggy flared, truly upset and disrespected especially by this move. His hand shot back to his wrist, and he prepared to fire it again, but Luffy had gathered the sail in a big ball and tossed it forward with a running start. Smoker groaned as the sail unflapped in midair and covered both him and Buggy. It was heavy, amounting to at least half of the full sail.

"Gomu Gomu no Stamp!" Luffy cried, jumping into midair and sending his foot planting into the top of the blob under the sail, Buggy's head. He crumpled in on himself before his hands and feet could begin cutting his way out of the sail. The jitte fell from Smoker, freeing him from the Seastone powers.

There was a great flurry of smoke as Luffy landed on the other side; the sail shot up into the air, freeing Smoker and Buggy, though Buggy remained lolling on the ground. Smoker rose to form as the sail brew breezily off the deck of the Big Top into the ocean. He gathered his jitte up from the ground, embarrassed to have had that used against him so many times. The one man who thought to use this against me, Smoker thought, impressed. From his bounty poster, Smoker had always expected what he bargained for: A clown. But Buggy the Clown was far more. This strength . . . how is he still fighting?!

Buggy stood up, grumbling now as he tossed his hat aside and let his hair down from the absurd pigtails that they were revealed to be. "I thought that was part of your hat!" Luffy exclaimed. Buggy laughed in response as his hair flowed behind his back and he held his knives high.

"This isn't where I finish my journey! Know that now, both of you! It won't be me that dies here," Buggy said, and he began stomping his foot on the deck loud as he could make it. "Sal! Nino! Ed! I don't care how much you've made - blow the ship and those cretins on the beach to smithereens!"

"Smoke Guy! Your spear!" Luffy said, holding a hand out across the deck for it.

"It's a jitte," Smoker said, and reluctantly, he tossed Luffy his jitte. Better hands than Buggy's. Luffy placed the jitte in his mouth, similar to how Zoro fought with swords, and Smoker flinched. "Don't get it all slobbery, wet mouth!" he screamed, more annoyed by that than anything Buggy had done this far.

"You idiot! You just gave a dunce a machine gun - and I know how to kill the dunce!" Buggy said, and his body detached at the waist launched for Luffy, and brandished all six of his knives between his fingers.

Luffy's head shot back, and one of his arms shot out to grab hold of the mast, just adjacent to Smoker. He looked at the mast, then at Luffy, and held a hand out. "Mugiwara! Take my hand for stability!" he called out, and Luffy listened, shooting his other arm out to grab hold of Smoker's. He braced his feet back and let his head fly loose as well as his legs and arms, shooting himself forward.

Luffy whipped his head around and instead of sparring with the jitte, he spat it out and it flew straight for Buggy, faster than Luffy was going, and the Seastone point jabbed right into the center of Buggy's forehead. He let out a little whimper as his body was flung back. Along the way, his waist aligned and his legs were forced to rejoin with him, launching them back as his entire body slammed against the side of his cabin. Luffy snapped back to form and stumbled as the momentum still carried him forward on his tired legs. Yet when he saw that Buggy was truly defeated this time, he fell to his knee, leaning on an arm for support.

Smoker's arm shot out in a plume of smoke at Luffy's left and snatched the jitte up from the floor, shooting it back to his aid. He walked past Luffy, looking down at him curiously, but checked Buggy out first. The Clown Prince was in a pile on the floor, all as one, but passed out. That had truly been the final blow; the mark on his forehead was already huge. But he was still alive, and that was enough for Smoker. His other arm shot out and enveloped Buggy in a cloud bed-jail that he carried effortlessly behind him.

"Hey!" Luffy said. "I owe my navigator his bounty . . . pay up." He held his hand out expectantly, but his body heaved with every breath and he smiled confidently.

"We made our deal, remember?" Smoker said more confidently. He did not smile back. "You're a pirate, from the flag your ship flies. But you saved my life. By all rights, I should lock you up alongside Buggy and his crew, but I won't for that reason alone." Though he considered saying more, he didn't. There were questions he wanted to ask, but something told him it was better to ignore that information. Hierarchy is everything, he thought bitterly. He realized he'd taken to staring at the ground, and looked back at Luffy. "If I ever see you again with a Jolly Roger, I'll take you down without hesitation."

Luffy let his hand fall to his side, sighing deeply. "I look forward to it." He sat back on his rear end and watched as Smoker descended from the Big Top in a flurry of smoke, taking Buggy along with him. Luffy remembered Buggy signaling for someone to blow the Merry and the others up, but realized if it were happening, it would have already. He got up all the same and walked over to the railing, looking at the beach.

There were Usopp and Nami together, close by the Merry. Up close to the Big Top were Smoker, Zoro, and Tashigi. Luffy could hear their conversation. "Alright. Moncado should be wrapped up in town. Let's see what we've got before we think about what to do with Iron Mace."

"Yes, sir," Tashigi said quietly but firmly, and walked first into the treeline. Smoker and Zoro both studied her as she went, utterly confused what her deal seemed to be today. Smoker carried on after her, grunting and waving a hand for Zoro to follow. Follow he did, though he walked backward as he noticed eyes on him. He locked eyes with Luffy and drew his Wado Ichimonji, waving it high.

"Good fight! If you ever become a big shot pirate, I look forward to bringing you in," Zoro told him, a broad, uncharacteristically jovial smile on his face as he said so. Luffy laughed and shook his head.

"Good fight," he said loud enough for Zoro to hear, giving him a thumbs up. He was too tired to trade banter anymore. He climbed over the railing and fell to the sand, unable to keep himself up as he did so. Yet he got back up and made his way toward Usopp and Nami, who already ran toward him as he had descended.

"Luffy!" they both cried, and helped him stand as he collapsed into them.

"You're real worse for wear. Let's get you looked at on the Merry, buddy," Usopp said, propping him up under his armpit and shouldering his captain's weight. Nami got under his other armpit. She still held the straw hat, and the look on Luffy's face was nearly heartbreaking. Yet again, he'd been pushed to his limit, yet it was almost like this Shanks guy was there, witnessing the fight itself. And Buggy killed him, Nami rationalized, hoisting Luffy up to a better angle as they made their way toward the Going Merry.


Smoker said little as they passed through the woods, making their way back to Gecko Town. Through the overgrowth, Smoker felt like the black clouds billowing from the destruction in Gecko Town was subsiding; perhaps Moncado had gotten a hold on the situation. He was a good man; he could trust him to do that.

He wanted to think little as he carried Buggy back to town, and he was grateful at least that Tashigi and Roronoa were staying quiet for this walk back, as well. He had reclaimed the forward position at some point when Tashigi's pace had slowed, yet her attitude did not seem to change. We'll have to have a word, he thought, annoyed that this day was not yet over. What he really wanted to think about was Monkey D. Luffy. Who was he? Where had he come from? He'd never heard there were more from the Monkey family.

His strength seemed to well up from nowhere; it was on par with Smoker's at his age, but made less sense. He was a stick of a kid, yet his blows packed punch. He would make a fantastic Marine, Smoker thought, and wondered if there was still some road where they might be comrades in the future. If his attitude is any indicator . . . not likely, Smoker realized once he saw three figures ahead.

It was the two swordsmen Roronoa had shared words with, who were fighting the unicycle rider from Buggy's crew. "So, you're still standing," Zoro said from Smoker's left, walking past him with a sincere smile as his arm cockily leaned on his swords. The two parties stopped, except for Yosaku, Johnny, and Zoro, who met in the middle. "I take it you beat him, then," Zoro said, extending his hand to each of them in turn. Smoker noticed their companion was wearing a suit but had his jacket draped over his shoulder; he smoked a cigarette, eyeing Tashigi at his side.

"We did," Johnny said as he shook Zoro's hand first. As Yosaku was shaking his hand next, Johnny continued. "He was far beneath us without his little tricks."

"Well, I'm glad to hear it," Zoro replied. "So." He looked past them with a sneer. "Is this the guy you wanted me to meet?"

They looked over their shoulder. Sanji then noticed Zoro and glared back at him; up close, he was still not turned on by him whatsoever. "Uh, somewhat, but not exactly," Yosaku said. But he was looking past Zoro now, and stared at Buggy, being held in Smoker's plume case. "But if you have him . . . that means you must have met him already," Yosaku finished. Zoro furrowed his brow, confused what he meant.


Patching Luffy up was easy enough, as most of his wounds were already staunched and were rather superficial. The wounds deep into his gut were rough to look at, and took the most work to patch up, even though their bleeding had long since stopped. Usopp grilled up some kebabs of meat to keep Luffy distracted while Nami practiced what patchwork she could on him. "You'll have to get looked at. Both of you, really. We'll just head straight back to Cocoyashi," Nami decided.

"Looks like I lost you another bounty, too," Luffy realized. Even the meat couldn't distract him enough from that. "I let my emotions get ahead of me today . . . but I couldn't help it. It's not like I learned my lesson." His voice was growing quieter as his eyes drifted toward the straw hat, laying on the shelf to the side. "It's just who I am."

"Don't worry about that! Buggy and Alvida are out of the picture, so that means their treasure is up for grabs!" Nami said with a cheeky wink. "To be honest, I've seen the plunder these pirates have, and it's gonna be more than 25 million beri, easily."

"Oh, okay! Great!" Luffy said, reinvigorated as he rose up, finishing his kebab and tossing the stick aside. "Well, let's go see what ol' Buggy's got to offer." He stood, and walked out the cabin door, his fatigue seeming to have disappeared inexplicably. Usopp shut the stove off and led the way out for him and Nami, holding the door for her. Before she walked out, she looked back at the left behind straw hat.

Luffy bounded over the side of the Merry back to the sand at the same time as four figures walked out of the trees. "Hey! You guys are back!" He bounded toward them as Usopp and Nami descended from the Merry, curious about the tagalong the others had picked up. "What are you doing with this guy? I just fought him!"

"You all just fought?" Yosaku asked, looking between Luffy and Zoro. He was incredulous; even he had thought Luffy would get skewered through on such a match up.

"This is the guy you wanted me to meet?" Zoro asked. There wasn't irritation or disdain in his voice; it was an honest question. His interest in this strange pirate was growing. "I've never seen a bounty poster of you."

"Well, I bet you will soon enough! I'm the man who'll be King of the Pirates, and if you came back to finish the job, I'll warn you I'm surrounded by my friends this time," Luffy said, cracking the knuckles in his fist. How is he still itching to fight?! Usopp thought as he and Nami walked up on either side of Luffy.

"No, Luffy," Johnny said, waving his hands in exasperation. "Don't you recognize this guy? This is Roronoa Zoro! That swordsman you wanted to recruit so bad?" He clapped a hand around Luffy's shoulder, gesturing toward Zoro as if it were obvious.

Luffy's eyes widened as he looked Zoro up and down. "Wow! I had no idea what he looked like, though!" He hugged Johnny and stretched out to Yosaku, grabbing him by the collar and tugging him into the same hug. "Thank you both for bringing him back! I was just gonna let him walk off without even asking him to join. That woulda been dumb!" He laughed as he said the last sentence.

"Ask me to join what?" Zoro asked suspiciously.

"Surely, you can't be serious," Sanji said, staring at Luffy as he walked past to greet Usopp and Nami. "And you're welcome from me, too, by the way." He turned his attention to the others. "Hey. You guys okay?"

"Yeah. We'll fill you in in a second," Nami said, still nervous how Luffy was going to take the straw hat's state long term. He's likely still in physical shock from the fight . . .

Luffy stuck a hand out. "You're stronger than they say. Join my pirate crew, Pirate Hunter. Like I said, I'm the man who's going to find Gold Roger's treasure and become the next King of the Pirates! So I need strong men like you beside me."

Zoro cocked an eyebrow. "So that's your dream, then?"

Luffy nodded. "Mm-hm! What about you?"

Zoro chuckled. He scratched the point of his chin and looked at Luffy's hand, still extended. "King of the Pirates, huh?"