I'm a pirate Ikki, I live and breathe every sin imaginable.

But... hope... eh?

[His father still had hope. Hope in mankind, the future, all of it.] I think I rested too many hopes on Ace once. But now that I think of it... they weren't really misplaced. Things I hoped from him happened. I just wanted to live and enjoy time with him. I guess hope for more of that can't really hurt. Pops believed the future rests on Ace's little brother's shoulders. It's a heavy burden to bear, eh? But he carries on Ace's will so he'll survive. We'll make him survive.

[Despite Ikki worries about right or wrong words, he's actually helping quite a bit nonetheless.]