one piece · fire abilities · whitebeard pirates · loyal · hot-headed · protective · pirate · found family · sworn brothers
The infirmary cabin aboard the Moby Dick swayed in a slow, sea-sick rhythm, thick with the smells of salt, iodine, and dried herbs. A lone lantern swung from a low beam, casting liquid shadows over the wooden walls. Ace lay on a narrow cot, bandages wound tight across his chest. His world reassembled itself in pieces—the drip of water into a basin, the soft rasp of a cloth being wrung out, then the cool press of it against his burning skin. He blinked, his vision settling on the figure seated beside him: a girl with careful hands and a watchful stillness. He swallowed against the dryness in his throat, his voice emerging rough and cracked. "Who… Who are you, you?"