Of course I would have... [ she says this reflexively. she finally looks at Sanji directly at that last question, and shakes her head ]
I don't know! I just... could that future really have been real? Maybe he really would have gotten better, over time...
[ she looks away, now consciously putting her hands over her stomach. ]
... I noticed something, the last time the Malnosso dropped me off. In that outfit... the same one my older self wore. It's like they were trying to tell me something.
[ a pause, then she looks back at Sanji ] I didn't have that scar when I was older. [ a little fiercely ] I'm proud of that scar. So ... whatever that was ... maybe none of it was real after all.
[ of course, she'd still like to think that Naoki and Richard get married, or that Sanji adopts her, but ... maybe it was just things that could be, not things that would be. ]
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I don't know! I just... could that future really have been real? Maybe he really would have gotten better, over time...
[ she looks away, now consciously putting her hands over her stomach. ]
... I noticed something, the last time the Malnosso dropped me off. In that outfit... the same one my older self wore. It's like they were trying to tell me something.
[ a pause, then she looks back at Sanji ] I didn't have that scar when I was older. [ a little fiercely ] I'm proud of that scar. So ... whatever that was ... maybe none of it was real after all.
[ of course, she'd still like to think that Naoki and Richard get married, or that Sanji adopts her, but ... maybe it was just things that could be, not things that would be. ]