We Set Our Wishes Upon Her Waters
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"Superstitions," the people of the Grand Line say.
"No," the people of the Blues say. "Our seas give us love and anger in equal measure, and we are stronger for it."
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- Part 1 of We Set Our Wishes Upon Her Waters
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Rosinante is eight when he meets the woman with no face and cold hands.
Rosinante is twenty-two when he learns to understand her, and gains understanding in return.
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- Part 2 of We Set Our Wishes Upon Her Waters
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“Your children have always been my favorite. They need so little convincing to do what I need them to do.”
The people of the East Blue, much like the sea they hail from, are known to be natural protectors.
The Grand Line? Well, she is anything but.
Or,
Snapshots of how many different ways Easterners show they care.
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- Part 3 of We Set Our Wishes Upon Her Waters
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Eustass Kid was only eight when he lost his name.
Both he and his best friend end up with a lot more than they bargain for in return.
Or,
Literal Force of Nature Adopts Two Problem Children
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- Part 4 of We Set Our Wishes Upon Her Waters
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“There’s a man out there playing with our weapons like pick-up sticks and another engaging in casual telekinetic dismemberment, and it’s the scrawny teenager made of rubber you’re worried about?”
“Oh, I would rather not fight any of them. They scare the crap out of me."
The people of the Grand Line call the seas-worship of the Blues superstitions. But not everyone on the Grand Line started there.
And those that know, know.
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- Part 5 of We Set Our Wishes Upon Her Waters
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Once upon a time, Trafalgar Law would have said he understood the concept of gods.
What gods weren’t supposed to be were women in blue and white homespun skirts, or flyaway curling hair. They weren’t supposed to have sad eyes, or a dimple at one corner of their mouth when they smiled a crooked smile. There shouldn’t be a crease of worry between their eyebrows, and they shouldn’t have a habit of humming under their breath when they were thinking.
Most of all, gods weren’t supposed to cry.
Gods weren’t supposed to mourn.
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- Part 6 of We Set Our Wishes Upon Her Waters
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Ever since he could remember, there had always been the sea.
Luffy knew he could never explain it like that. People saw what they wanted to see, and to them, of course the sea was always there; they lived on an island in a world of islands. The sea could be nowhere else.
But to Luffy, the sea was special. And he was special to her, he knew that for a fact.
After all, she’d told him so herself.
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- Part 7 of We Set Our Wishes Upon Her Waters
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“What’s she like?” she finally says right before they’re due to trade the watch rotation out. “The East Blue, I mean.”
Nami heaves a sigh, before standing up and dusting the sand off her legs. She’s silent for a bit longer before she gives her answer.
“When she’s around, you feel safe. You get this feeling of protection, like everything’s going to be okay. Like there’s this unshakeable bulwark that you can depend on to get you through your worse days.” She pauses, before cracking a small smile. “It’s actually a lot like being around Luffy.”
Some of the newer Straw Hats know religion. Some of them don't.
All of them are surprised by what's waiting for them out there.
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- Part 8 of We Set Our Wishes Upon Her Waters
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“You make it sound like I have no choice,” he mutters, chafing instinctively against the idea that his life was not his own.
“There is always a choice,” she counters. “Fate just already knows what happens before you make it. People think of fate as inevitable, when really it is simply consequences. The end of the ripples in the pool of water. All I am doing is asking you to consider your role as the stone.”
On Ruskaina, Luffy receives a visitor who has some things he does not want--and needs--to hear.
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- Part 9 of We Set Our Wishes Upon Her Waters