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Helmeppo asked Coby once in awhile as to what he was thinking about when he suddenly spaced out, not reacting to anything the others said. Coby would answer that he was thinking about Luffy.

Garp always nagged loudly, sometimes using the help of his fists, when Coby dozed off in the morning. He just couldn't understand what was keeping the boy up all night long, leaving him like a zombie by morning. Coby would answer that he had lost track of time while studying, staying up the whole night.

During lunch break, one could sometimes catch him playing with his food instead of eating it. He wasn't asked, but would suddenly state that he was just thinking back to a certain swordsman who had been tied to a pole and had nothing to eat for a long time.

Coby would never tell the truth about what exactly made him space out, stake awake all night long and play with his food. He would have preferred to make himself believe he wasn't kind of missing that club connecting with his head when he slacked off. He didn't want to admit that he sort of made up chances like that on purpose in the hopes of getting that hit on his head. But it never came, which made Coby wistful and at times, a bit bit sad, too.

He was living his dream, so why was he missing his nightmare?