I know what to do with an advantage, sir. [It slips -- which one does Hawk remind him of, Garp, Bogard, Morgan? No, not Morgan, not that level of casual cruelty. Closer to Bogard, if anyone, tight-lipped and solemn and carefully calculating, always staying one step back, in the shadows. It's an odd comparison, one that makes Koby's chest ache with a sudden pang of homesickness.
But then: information, something to grab onto, Hawk says it's something recent, in the house, something that's a result of them being here. Koby immediately has a thousand theories, trying to put together everything he's seen, the last time he'd seen Hawk had been the night of that party, that was it, that was--
And then Hawk says I can't have him near this and something pangs sour and tight in the pit of Koby's stomach. He knows that feeling, the need to keep a secret to protect someone. Nosing around had only put himself at risk before, an acceptable danger in Koby's mind, but the Straw Hats are here, Quentin is here.
So, even though he desperately wants to go to the library right that second and accost the nearest librarian, Koby just notes the day, the time.] Exactly two weeks? From tonight? To the minute, or approximately?
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But then: information, something to grab onto, Hawk says it's something recent, in the house, something that's a result of them being here. Koby immediately has a thousand theories, trying to put together everything he's seen, the last time he'd seen Hawk had been the night of that party, that was it, that was--
And then Hawk says I can't have him near this and something pangs sour and tight in the pit of Koby's stomach. He knows that feeling, the need to keep a secret to protect someone. Nosing around had only put himself at risk before, an acceptable danger in Koby's mind, but the Straw Hats are here, Quentin is here.
So, even though he desperately wants to go to the library right that second and accost the nearest librarian, Koby just notes the day, the time.] Exactly two weeks? From tonight? To the minute, or approximately?