[He bristles at Ace calling Roger his "Dad," but calms his feathers down at the rest.]

I'm not suggesting you ignore him, but so long as you keep thinking there's something to blood, you won't be able to tell others off either.

Ahhh go figure things out, eh? [Ruffles Ace's hair.] I'm trusting you to come back in one piece. [Because no matter how often Ace proves he probably shouldn't still have that trust, it'll never outweigh all the other non-mistakes in Marco's book. Nakama and all that.]