Kuina pointed at herself. "I can go with you."
Perona looked disgusted. "I can't exactly praise your taste."
Kuina continued, "I just don't shop often or care much about dressing up. I don't know anything about that stuff, but you can teach me."
Perona's eyes lit up. "You mean I can put makeup on you and dress you up?"
Kuina saw nothing wrong with that. "Sure."
Perona excitedly threw her arms around her. "Yay! You're the best, Kuina! I'll make you look beautiful."
Kuina had no idea how deep a hole she had just dug for herself. "All right. I trust you."
Koala covered her mouth and laughed. "Then keep up your training, you two. Stay safe. I'll be off now. Bye!"
After waving goodbye to Koala, Perona and Kuina headed back to Lollipop Town.
Sabo held a Log Pose while Karasu flew onward under his guidance.
At first, everything was quiet. No one spoke.
In the past, Sabo would have chatted with Karasu the entire way, like a complete chatterbox.
Unused to the silence, Karasu asked, "Do you have a plan? We're dealing with Kizaru. Rescuing someone from him won't be easy, will it?"
"What's there to worry about?" Sabo said confidently. "We're only rescuing someone, not fighting him. Once we have Enel, we run."
Karasu's face darkened with exasperation. "So how are we going to rescue him?"
Sabo replied as though it were obvious, "We just rescue him."
Karasu looked speechless. "There you go again... Only you could..."
"Haha." Sabo wasn't bothered in the slightest. "Relax. It'll be fine."
Lin MuMu asked, "How long will it take us to catch up?"
Sabo took out the sea chart again, checked it, and answered, "Excluding any delays caused by weather and other conditions along the way, they should reach Neo