Handel smiled and clapped at the captain's speech with subdued enthusiasm. While he was grateful to Blake for saving him from inevitable execution, the captain's thrill-seeking nature made the Redcoat crew not the best place for Handel to be laying low. Still, it was a lot harder to be found on the Grand Line, so Handel just needed to wait a little bit longer until they've quietly (hopefully) slipped out of the Marine's bees' nest that was Loguetown. Of course, Handel had no intention of straying too far from the ship, but he did fish around in his pockets for a pair of baby den den mushi, handing one each to Ayril and Light. [color=a187be]"Hold on to these and call if anything happens."[/color] Looking back ti Captain Hunter, Handel added with a smile, [color=a187be]"I'll stay on the ship. You all have fun, and remember to take one of these little guys with you."[/color]

Just then, he noticed what looked like two rookie marines approaching the ship. Handel wasn't sure how much of his desertion the Marines had kept a secret since desertions hurt morale. He knew there were wanted posters of him up, but whether they had spread to Loguetown or not yet was still an unknown. And for the most part, lower ranked marines didn't pay that much attention to wanted posters; they usually just kept their heads down and took orders when it came to who to capture. Deciding to risk it, Handel got off the boat and approached the two in his marine jacket, hoping to pass off as a superior officer. [color=a187be]"Hello, hello! Lovely day to be in Loguetown, isn't it? Good to see the commanding officers are keeping the docks well-patrolled with strapping recruits! Please don't mind the ship, got in a fight with a color-changing devil fruit user, of all things. Nothing a little dry-dock maintenance won't fix though."[/color] He smiled at them, rubbing his hands and waited for them to go away.