I sure hope so! But, aaah, how would that work? I'd still want to be a captain of my own crew, y'know... [It's almost just a fantasy now, but there's no way he'll give up that dream.

And just laughing, in the hopes to lighten the mood more. He's already dumped a lot of stuff on Ace today; he doesn't need to worry him more.] Yep! We already said that last night, right?