Inside the control room, a voice declares, "I DON'T WANT HIM TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS...!!" Another asks, "EDISON... IS IT OKAY IF I LET KAKU GO FREEI" A reply follows: "DON'T WORRY, I WON'T LET HIM GO AFTER THE STRAW HATS... AND I DON'T THINK PURSUING THEM WILL BE HIS PRIORITY ANYWAY...!!" Stussy questions, "HUH...I" as the scene shifts. A helmeted figure apologizes, "IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME THAT THEY WERE YER FRIENDS!! FORGIVE ME FOR MAKIN' YA TURN ON 'EM!!" Stussy responds, "AH'M SORRY FOR PUTTIN' YA THROUGH ALL THIS. UNDERSTOOD, STUSSY!!" In the lower panels, the helmeted figure urges, "JUST FIND A WAY TO KEEP ON LIVIN'...!!" and "DO AS YA PLEASE... THAT INNER CONFLICT IS PROOF OF YOUR HUMANITY, STUSSY! DESPITE BEING TORN BETWEEN BOTH SIDES, YOU STILL RESCUED US..." Stussy answers, "YES, SIR!!"