It sounded familiar but I can't remember ever being called that way. Should have guessed it was from you.

[Though it bothers him, because it's not the first time he deals with sealed memories, really. And he thought that after having the seals removed twice he had gotten the trick to figure out when his mind had been tampered with... But this is totally different. There's nothing that would hint him at there being more, not until he met Marco and until he says certain things.]

... The world where we met, it was like this one, right? It took us from our worlds and threw us there... Did I ever mention what I was doing in my world before being there?

[Then again, probably Marco won't remember even if he did. Ikki shakes his head, it doesn't really matter either way.]

Hmm, he talked a lot about Luffy too but, definitively more about you. Again, I think it was because we are both phoenixes so he must have compared us a lot or something. Though he also said that I was a lot like him.

[Or had it been someone else? It had been an offhand comment either way.]

How come Thatch can speak bird? Is he a bird too or has some power like that?