On a morning that was neither calm nor sunny, but perfectly ordinary for the Grand Line, the Sapphire Star had just finished sparring with Meow Jūshirō, Suika Meow, and several other combat cats.
Before he could even sheath Fresh Knife: White Calm, Klee Meow came trotting over and leaped hard when she was still three or four meters away from Xie Wen.
"Big Brother Xie Wen, that Zou changed direction again, meow!"
(=＞ω＜=)
Klee Meow flew into Xie Wen's arms. Only after she had nuzzled him to her heart's content did she wrinkle her little nose and grumble, "If it keeps changing direction like this, when are we ever going to see that super-big elephant, meow?"
Just as Xie Wen caught Klee Meow, Dudu clambered up onto his head from behind, using both hands and feet.
[Yeah, yeah! I've already changed course twelve times to follow it lately, meow!]
Dudu patted Xie Wen's head with her little paws as she joined Klee Meow's complaints.
"There's nothing I can do about that." Xie Wen rubbed Klee Meow's little head, then squeezed Dudu's paw pads and said helplessly, "Zunesha started wandering aimlessly hundreds of years ago. He never stops to rest."
"Why is that, meow?"
(=ω=)
Klee Meow raised her head in confusion. "Doesn't he get tired, meow?"
"Who knows? Once we meet him, why don't you ask him yourself, Klee?"
Xie Wen vaguely remembered that Zunesha never rested because of either a promise to Joy Boy or a punishment, but he wasn't clear on the exact reason.
As for whether Klee Meow could communicate with Zunesha...
Judging reasonably from the manga's plot, Shirahoshi, who was a "king" like Luffy, should at least be able to communicate with Zunesha. And since Klee Meow had Observation Haki similar to hers, there was still