Yeah. I wonder if it would've fit better or...been easier. [Then Koby laughs, embarrassed, shoving his hands in his pockets.] Then again, I've seen the sort of people you tend to get in fights with, so "easier" probably isn't the right word.

[He looks up, expression hard to read behind his glasses, with the sun glinting off the lenses.] If I hadn't told you what my dream was...would you have asked me to come with you? [He knows Luffy wouldn't have, knowing what Koby wanted, but if he hadn't...]