Making his way to the bar with Dante and Scarlet, Hawking smiled at the both of them and sat down at the bar. He shook his head at Dante with a small smile. "I [i]was[/i] a Navy officer. I've been planning on defecting for a while now, and not only have I found a good crew so far, but another devil fruit user as well." He laughed a little as he remembered his first encounter with Scarlet. He pointed at the woman in question and laughed some more. "You should have seen the look on her face when I first saw her."