Dream Chaser 3
For somebody with an impecable cool and cocky pesona, even he had to admit that he'd become scared.
He couldn't quite explain why. All he knew was that the fear had struck him in the heart, which kind of contridicted everything Aka Red had taught him before his too-soon time. Even so, he'd also taught the current pirate captain to be careful and pay attention to the things that are easily overlooked. That was how to find traps or false door to lead to death, and that was how the Red pirates were sucessful for so long.
Luka apparently knew this method.
She was a sly one, alright. She could see things many people couldn't/didn't see, and she knew how to keep her eyes open, even when she was asleep. If she wasn't a part of his crew, he had very little doubt she wouldn't make it just fine on her. Inwardly, he admired her a bit, and knew she had the makings of something very great. If he hadn't gone that adventure himself, she would've found the Heart Hades just fine and he knew it.
Yes, she certainly had guts about her.
But now he was caught in a bit of a paradox. He both questioned how much confidence he really had within himself, even though he knew why he was rarely afraid. Even so, he couldn't really explain the spurts of fear that had occured earlier.
Odd.
Topped.
He'd finally figured it out.
It was the reality he had been topped that made him afraid. He'd never taken too kindly for anyone being better than him, even when he'd first met his fallen captain. and tried to skewer him. The adventer appeared much better than him as did Gokai Yellow, and that had disturbed him enough to become more timid. He suddenly felt as though he was ten again, petrified to jump for fear that his life would be lost before desired.
The captain was detirmined not to let that happen again.
Just like she usually did when she got her suspicious, the tomboyish lookout saw right through his casual eating of his apple.
"What's up?" she inquired, sitting onto of the table and snagging an apple of her own from the bowl beside her, much to Hakasae and Ahim's discomfort but to his amusement, "is that adventurer dude from yesterday or something?"
"Yeah," he shrugged, "something like that."
But she understood what he was talking about- he could tell from the faint smirk on her face as she nodded slowly.
That was enough to set his mind at ease enough to doze off in his chair.
Be fearless for the fearful.
That's what he was taught once by Aka Red himself. Even on his own crew had the fearful, (hello, Don,) which both annoyed him but gave him reason to fight all that harder. He was to be brave but said fearful could not be, and strong with they simply did not have it in them.
These facts gave him courage more than anything else could.