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[in neat, carefully practiced handwriting:]

Good day, Mr. Zoro.

This is Jennifer. I was just writing to see how you were doing after we parted. Have you been able to fix your leg? I've been worried.

Sorry to bother you. Please let me know how you're doing.

Yours',
Jennifer.

Have you ever considered wearing less clothing?

( on a different evening — not wanting to raise any alarm with nikholas and the children, and because there is only so much shanks can effectively conceal on his person — another gift is left on the straw hat doorstep. this time, it's a bottle of greenish liquid labeled absinthe. a red bow is tied around the neck of the bottle with a note attached: )

Zoro,

Nikholas called this the "Green Fairy." Highly potent. Drink wisely.

-S ☠️

so

( sooooooo.

nami is so sick and tired of people counting on her to be the one who’s good at talking about emotions. when has she ever given off that impression? hello? but are they just Not going to talk about it? )

you and sanji ?

(After settling things down and realizing what had happened, his first thought went to Zoro. Koby was well taken care of by now, but realizing he had accidentally abandoned his student in the middle of some crazed lunar romp in the woods stung his pride a bit. He wasn't used to feeling something of a failure and he wasn't entirely sure how to make up for the lapse of control on his end.

Might as well start with...a letter! Or something.)

Zoro.

I regret to inform you that I had a bit of a

Malfunction with my new wolf instincts and lost sight of myself for a while.

(Haha this is huMILIATING.)

I (DEEP, DEEP SIGH.)

I apologize. For leaving abruptly like that.

[ it's taken him the better part of the hour, but he's pulled himself together enough to prep a bowl of fresh meat and a generous pitcher of blood for zoro. he hurts in a way he hasn't since being stuck on that rock with zeff, and he feels one bad move away from kicking down the bedroom door and sinking his teeth right into zoro's throat. it's why he stands firmly on the other side of it, his food balanced on a tray. ]

can you get up yet? i'm leaving your food outside the door.

question

( a little weird to be messaging him, since she's just a door away — but some questions are better asked not face to face. like, for example, this: )

remember when you offered to let sanji tie you up? was that offer exclusive to sanji?

Are you awake? I'm not leaving this salmon under your pillow again.