"I suppose you are wondering why we chose such a dangerous path to travel," Captain Mako said to Maria, who simply folded her hands as she listened.
"Start talking, then," she replied curtly.
"I was going to tell you earlier about this, but then the incident happened," he said, referring to the delivery of her parents' heads in a chest, "and it was the plan from the very beginning."
"Why?" asked Maria.
"Because today is the day when most of the supreme pirates halt at the safe paths of the sea, hoping to take down smaller pirates like me... so to avoid that, I consciously decided to go through the dangerous path."
Captain Mako expected the Queen to snap at him angrily, as she was now aware that the recent attack could have been avoided, but to his surprise, she remained calm.
