[Ikki's frown is just one of pure confusion, he doesn't get it. He doesn't get why this man is here, nor why he knows him. Has he actually forgotten something? Did he arrive here before and forgot that? But it doesn't feel like his memories have been tampered with... At least, not recently. After Shaka and Pandora later on undid their own seals, Ikki had come to realize there were some similarities on how memories felt when there was a seal around them. But he couldn't feel anything like that now.
And even then... Why is this man here? Ikki woke up minutes ago and suddenly Marco is here, glomping him and asking him what he remembers. What he remembers? Ikki replies in phoenix unconsciously, mostly because that's how the other spoke first.]
I remember being in Nautilus with my wife and my brothers. And without you there, I had been talking with Ace about you and Thatch and your other brothers and your father before going to bed and-
[And he had gone to bed thinking how much he wished he could meet them all. Or at least Marco, because he was a phoenix as well and the idea just... Tugged at his soul more than he would want to admit. He had gone to sleep thinking that... In a world where will made things real.]
No...
Is that why I'm here?! I wanted to meet you, I tried to will it and Nautilus sent me here?! That's not what I wanted, you should have gone there with Ace!
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And even then... Why is this man here? Ikki woke up minutes ago and suddenly Marco is here, glomping him and asking him what he remembers. What he remembers? Ikki replies in phoenix unconsciously, mostly because that's how the other spoke first.]
I remember being in Nautilus with my wife and my brothers. And without you there, I had been talking with Ace about you and Thatch and your other brothers and your father before going to bed and-
[And he had gone to bed thinking how much he wished he could meet them all. Or at least Marco, because he was a phoenix as well and the idea just... Tugged at his soul more than he would want to admit. He had gone to sleep thinking that... In a world where will made things real.]
No...
Is that why I'm here?! I wanted to meet you, I tried to will it and Nautilus sent me here?! That's not what I wanted, you should have gone there with Ace!