? '------ {. ' 'NORMAL ' '.} '------ '?

'Ace, what 's got you so happy? ' Thatch asked, throwing his arm over his friend, grinning.

'My brothers sent me a letter, ' Ace explained, grinning.

It had been a few months since Marineford, and thus a few months since the Whitebeard Pirates met the infamous D. brothers even if they hadn 't really spoken. Thatch could say that they were all good company and seemed like interesting individuals that he certainly wanted to get to know better (and weasel embarrassing Ace stories out of), not counting the 'surprising display of

brotherly love

between the oldest and the youngest.

'Oh? What 's it say? ' Thatch asked, peeking over Ace 's shoulder to catch a glimpse of the thinly written words.

'I don 't know! ' Ace chirped, 'It 's from Torao, though, so it 's probably going to be about the newest person he dissected or something, '

Which, totally normal.