( shit, this has to be real. there's no illusion that could feel as solid as this, the younger pirate launching himself right into him; the sheer force of the hug sends them both tumbling to the ground. "I saw you die", luffy says, and although the wound left by akainu is gone, the guilt of putting his brother through that feels like the hole was once more punched right through his sternum. ) Yeah— ( he manages eventually, as his vision shimmers like a heat-haze glazed to the ground, and there's rain on his face, but ace couldn't care any less. ) Yeah, I'm here — m'sorry, if I hadn't been such an idiot, you guys wouldn't have had to go through all of that...!