[It's the approach that Jae-ha's been taking with most of the people in the castle - Sanji included. It's what he wanted when he went through Gi-gan's death, personally.]
Both of them were out of line in a few different ways but... they both lost someone. The same person, even.
It's going to cause tension. I wouldn't assume it's a personal defect, not when it's so close to what happened.
[By the time dinner rolls around and Sanji discovers (TO HIS FUCKIN DELIGHT) that the kitchen is no longer charred like an over-baked piece of chicken, he's... feeling okay, despite the absolute mess that was the execution.
Or he's at least looking okay, having jumped straight into cooking without a hitch. The man practically dances around the kitchen to the usual tune of clanking pans and the sharp slicing of vegetables on the cutting board, and there's even a tuneless hum in his throat as he works.
... Probably kind of weird for him to be this visibly at ease, but hey.]
[Well, that's a suitable distraction away from the awkward air that remained earlier. Jae-ha thinks that it's a little uncomfortable that he had to bare a part of his soul for it but - he supposes that it's fine. He wanted to tell Sanji this anyway. He shuts his eyes.]
The Dragon Warriors - a new one will be born in every village, so that there will always be someone available to serve the King when he returns. It's more of a curse, than a blessing... a least from my experience. But typically two to four years after the new dragon is born, the former dragon dies.
On average, dragons don't live to 30. [And he tilts his head.] I'm 25.
But I also had to kick no less than five people's asses to keep 'em going.
[And selfish as it is, Sanji succeeded in doing something for them. He convinced them to keep going. That for him is something worth celebrating in his own quiet way.]
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