[He looks up and fixes Buffy with an extremely serious, piercing blue-eyed look, nearly shockingly intense given the rest of the relatively casual almost lighthearted conversation.]
Look, I hope it never comes up again. But you're close with Jack, aye? If Teach ever does come back, don't let Jack play the same game.
It's not one anyone can win. Teach makes everyone think he's a buffoon, a simple idiot, but he's not. I've known him for decades and even I was tricked, and I made a reputation for being impossible to fool.
Teach cons people by making them think they're getting the best of him, that they're the ones tricking him. And then he does the worst things he can to them. He conned the whole world. The government... they hate pirates, but they still thought he was going to play nice and be one of them, and then he broke out all their worst criminals that they tried to erase from history. Criminals we defeated, with Teach alongside us. [He can't even hide the venom he holds for the man at this point. It's beyond hatred really.] That's how he knew to get them. [Marco shakes his head.] And he used them to kill a man he was still calling his father.
It's not a game anyone can play against him without losing. No amount of unpredictability or destiny will do it. And Nami asked me not to get Jack caught up in the aftermath of our war, but if he sides with Teach again, I do not promise his safety. And it isn't even me he'll have to worry about.
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Look, I hope it never comes up again. But you're close with Jack, aye? If Teach ever does come back, don't let Jack play the same game.
It's not one anyone can win. Teach makes everyone think he's a buffoon, a simple idiot, but he's not. I've known him for decades and even I was tricked, and I made a reputation for being impossible to fool.
Teach cons people by making them think they're getting the best of him, that they're the ones tricking him. And then he does the worst things he can to them. He conned the whole world. The government... they hate pirates, but they still thought he was going to play nice and be one of them, and then he broke out all their worst criminals that they tried to erase from history. Criminals we defeated, with Teach alongside us. [He can't even hide the venom he holds for the man at this point. It's beyond hatred really.] That's how he knew to get them. [Marco shakes his head.] And he used them to kill a man he was still calling his father.
It's not a game anyone can play against him without losing. No amount of unpredictability or destiny will do it. And Nami asked me not to get Jack caught up in the aftermath of our war, but if he sides with Teach again, I do not promise his safety. And it isn't even me he'll have to worry about.