[He smiles. Oh, so you do understand.]

I'm glad you do. I think more people in Luceti could use people in their lives like that, though, honestly, nakama isn't for everyone. And here, I can see why people would be afraid of it.

[Who hasn't experienced Luceti's brand of loss?]

But the conditions are right for it. Sure this isn't the traditional sort of ship or station either of us is used to, but we are all stuck together none the less. We can't escape each other, just like on any pirate crew, for better or worse, even though we have more room to spread out. So I can see nakamaship forming. Messily. We have such a hodgepodge of different values here, such differing senses of right and wrong and understanding.

[It's musing in general. He's not talking about the subject they both know they will talk about and he's thinking of other people at the moment. But the conversation is flowing in that direction as it will. As Law is letting it do so organically.]

Haa, very messily. It doesn't work without the mess, maybe. Perhaps that's a required factor for the forge.