One Piece fic - The Pure and the Tainted: Part One by angelrider131, literature
Literature
One Piece fic - The Pure and the Tainted: Part One
The Pure and the Tainted
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The first time they meet, it is pure chance, nothing more than an accident.
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Seven-year-old Ace watches the sky from his perch, his back against the tree trunk, his legs stretched out in front of him. This is his escape, high in the trees where no one could reach him. Isolated and alone, where eyes can't see him and faces can't sneer at him. It is a safe haven, but a curse.
Loneliness.
It's a double-edged sword.
Alone, he doesn't have to listen to the poison that spews from people's lips, washing over him and choking him. He doesn't have to see the hatred and malice directed toward a not-so-hypothetical devi
One Piece fic - The Pure and the Tainted: Part One by angelrider131, literature
Literature
One Piece fic - The Pure and the Tainted: Part One
The Pure and the Tainted
-
The first time they meet, it is pure chance, nothing more than an accident.
-
Seven-year-old Ace watches the sky from his perch, his back against the tree trunk, his legs stretched out in front of him. This is his escape, high in the trees where no one could reach him. Isolated and alone, where eyes can't see him and faces can't sneer at him. It is a safe haven, but a curse.
Loneliness.
It's a double-edged sword.
Alone, he doesn't have to listen to the poison that spews from people's lips, washing over him and choking him. He doesn't have to see the hatred and malice directed toward a not-so-hypothetical devi