[@Noodles] [color=a187be]"I actually don't know where the captain of this ship plans to go next, but why would you need us to take you to Loguetown? Don't you have your own ship and crew?"[/color] Handel asked, exasperated. [color=a187be]"Look, all I'm saying is: if you trust me and believe that I'm not a defector, you will leave me to carry out my mission, but if you don't trust me, and still wish to see me as a defector, then it doesn't make sense for a fruit user like you to want to be stuck alone in the middle of the sea surrounded by pirates. No marine lieutenant, even if they are a devil-fruit user, can take on a marine commander and six pirates, I guess seven now if the Living Dragon has joined, simultaneously. Technically, that makes a marine commander, a former marine captain, since the Living Dragon had earned the rank of captain before his defection, and six pirates. If you are adamant about capturing these pirates, you should go get your crew and come back to confiscate this boat, or if you are after me, then you can stop all this beating around the bush and just arrest me."[/color] Handel didn't know why she was pushing the subject, after all, time was technically on her side, and stalling would work in her favor. Perhaps the fact that her ruse seemed to be falling on deaf ears was irksome, and she was losing patience.