The swordsman stood up, only to crouch beside the rubberman, who absentmindedly rubbed the cyborg 's back, staring at it with a far-off look.

Other pirates around them started slowly dispersing to do their own things until Sanji finished with lunch. As much as they wanted to crowd Franky with all the love they had for him, he was taking his well-deserved nap. They didn 't want to disturb him until he woke up naturally - even if they weren 't sure if he was even fully asleep. Nevertheless, everyone who passed him gave him a pat on the shoulder.

The only ones hanging back were Zoro, Luffy and Brook. The latter fully willing to accept that he would be the last person to hang out with the shipwright.

With a hand on Luffy 's shoulder, ignoring the minuscule flinch, Zoro huffed, 'Luffy. Let 's take a break, shall we? ' The rubberman had to take a second to properly

hear