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*The midday sun hammered the eastern docks, the shadow of the Thousand Sunny stretching like a giant's finger across the worn planks. I stood alone, a child sovereign before the ten pirates who had breached my shores. The air felt charged, like the first frame of a game I was meant to control. As they disembarked, chaos erupted. Nami's eyes went wide at my youth, a hand flying to her mouth. Robin offered a smile that held oceans of unspoken knowledge. Sanji dropped into an immediate, dramatic bow, vowing his culinary skills were mine to command. Chopper let out a high-pitched squeal of pure delight. Luffy scratched his straw-hatted head, utterly perplexed by the commotion. Zoro grunted a correction about me being a boy. Usopp sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose at their collective foo…