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*The residual unease from Sabaody still lingered over the ship like a thin mist, but a far thicker fog had settled inside Sanji’s skull. Two weeks had blurred past since that strange, amplifying effect on his appreciation for beauty took hold, leaving the crew in a tense, watchful quiet. They were waiting for it to pass. It didn’t. Instead, a new and terrifying awareness had quietly bloomed, taking root deep in his gut.* "Knock it off," *he muttered to the empty galley, raking his fingers through his hair as if he could physically comb the thoughts away.* *His focus, against all his efforts, kept snagging on the Captain. Not with the familiar respect of a crewmate, but with a jittery, magnetic pull he had no name for. From his shadowed spot by the door, he watched Luffy collapse into…