"Devil Fruit?" Uta murmured thoughtfully.
Before long, she remembered the two Devil Fruits they had salvaged from the sea after sinking a pirate ship.
Realizing what was inside the wooden box, she asked without thinking, "Is this the Siren Fruit?"
Louis nodded. "That's right."
"You're both Devil Fruit users. If I eat one too, what will happen if you fall into the sea?"
Uta had her reservations. She was worried that after eating a Devil Fruit, she wouldn't be able to help when it mattered most.
Louis smiled. "Don't worry. I can turn seawater into living creatures and have them pull me out of the sea."
Just then, Yelena came out of the kitchen carrying food. As she set it down in front of them, she said gently, "Wendigos often appear alongside extreme cold and blizzards. I can freeze the sea before I fall in, too."
"But..."
"Isn't this a Devil Fruit your clan wants to reclaim? Wouldn't it be wrong for me to eat it?"
Uta still remembered that Louis had told her he wanted this fruit.
Louis met her violet eyes and spoke softly. "Uta, your singing is incomparable. No one is better suited to the Siren Fruit than you."
"..."
At that, Uta opened the wooden box.
Two fruits on a single stem lay exposed beneath the soft light: one patterned with fish scales, the other with feathers.
Uta remembered how, when they had found the two Devil Fruits, she had asked Shanks for the other one.
"The Song-Song Fruit."
Over the past while, Uta had gradually come to understand why he hadn't given her that fruit back then.
A little over a month ago, Shanks had also offered her the Song-Song Fruit. But she had refused, saying she was worried Louis and Yelena might fall into