( The thought that Nami would expect it to be on her to take the chains doesn't enter Luffy's mind until he watches her reaction and suddenly it's all too easy to remember the chains in Arlong Park. What was it Nami had said? A birthday present.... The thought has fists briefly clenching before he relaxes them, knowing full well that these days Arlong should be nothing more than a bad memory.

A shame that the voice in his head seizes on the opportunity to point out how little his crew must trust him to think he'd do such a thing and Luffy inwardly cringes at that one. That can't be true, they would never, but the longer they stay in this stuffy, oppressive place the harder it is to dismiss the voice so easily. He's nothing like Arlong. )

No. ( The single word is almost a whisper yet somehow echoes around them as Luffy moves within arm's length of the navigator, reaching out to place a hand on Nami's new tattoo as he fixes her with a stern stare. ) I would never ask you to go through something like that. I'll do it. Besides, as soon as that door opens you can just let me straight back out.