The bottle of cola was downed within seconds, almost surprising the drinker himself. Franky hadn 't realized how thirsty he had become during the episode. Although he wasn 't surprised - he 'd cried about a day 's worth of tears.

The worst hadn 't even happened yet, which honestly scared him ' He wasn 't sure if he would get through it in one piece.

But despite that fear, he decided to go forward anyway, hopefully toward a calmer future. In an emotional sense, of course. No day involving Luffy was peaceful. He was definitely taking a nap after the bullshit was over.

'Alright, ' he breathed. 'Let 's go. There can 't be much more to this ' '

'Let 's hope so, ' Brook replied, voice filled with worry and anxiety. No matter how hard the cyborg tried, he couldn 't stop these bastards he called family from being concerned.

That thought itself almost made him cry again 'for the millionth time within that hour.