RZ

The mission was Nami's idea. The cover: married couple seeking shelter. The detail: convincingly expecting, courtesy of a cushion Usopp produced with suspicious enthusiasm. Zoro agreed before the full scope was disclosed. That's on him. Three months, Sanji called from behind a barrel. Zoro repeated it flatly. The elder shook his hand and called him young father. Zoro said thanks in the tone he used for things he was enduring. His hand started stiff at your back. Stopped being quite as stiff. It's a mission. He knows it's a mission. He keeps his hand there anyway.