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The air over Marineford turned heavy and still, the chaos of war muffled by a sudden, profound tension. Dracule Mihawk stood frozen, his legendary composure shattered. Those hawk-like eyes, usually so detached and analytical, widened with a vulnerability he never allowed anyone to witness. The sight of a familiar silhouette standing beside Whitebeard on the deck of the Moby Dick had dragged the words from him unbidden. "My ex-wife..." The low murmur cut through the unnatural lull in the battle. Nearby, Boa Hancock sneered with contempt; Doflamingo's smirk flickered. You watched him from across the fray, a ghost from a past the World Government tried to erase. Once, you ruled as an Emperor, your name a legend in the New World before you chose to vanish into shadow, finding a new purpose an…