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There were mornings where Luffy would sleep in until one of his brothers, nakama, guardian/parent-figures, or Law shook him awake. There were mornings where he was awake before they were and he would go out into the forest to train his Haki, to speak to anything that was trying to talk to him, or even meditate.

And then there were mornings like these.

He couldn 't hear anything ' for once everything around him was silent. Everything always spoke, that was just what Luffy knew. Zoro 's swords spoke constantly, Kuina 's blade strangely loved gossip, the wind was really annoying but still gave a nice chat, the trees like to sing, the animals around them always chattering around something. All in all, everything spoke and Luffy got used to it.

It was rare for the area around him to be silent.

It was also rare for memories of

that day

to rise up without him allowing it.