## One Piece Chapter 688, pages 9-10: Mochya - Chapter: 688 - Pages: 9-10 - Characters: Mocha, Tony Tony Chopper, Caesar Clown's Children ### Summary Page 9: Chopper explains why the children must leave the locked room immediately. He says, "SO YOU MUST SEE NOW, WHY THE CHILDREN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT DOOR ARE ACTING SO SCARY? I'VE ALREADY GIVEN YOU A TRANQUILIZER, BUT IF YOU STAY HERE, THE INEVITABLE SIDE EFFECT OF THE CANDY AND THIS EXPERIMENT WILL BE THAT YOU ALL LOSE YOUR LIVES, BEFORE EVER GROWING UP." Mocha thinks about the promise she once made with the others: "HEY, WHEN WE'RE ALL GROWN UP...!!" In the memory, the children dream together. One says, "WHEN WE'RE ALL GROWN UP, LET'S HEAD OUT TO SEA!!" Another asks, "THE SEA!?" and they joke, "YOU WANNA BE A FISHER-MAN?" "DON'T BE STUPID--WE'LL HAVE ADVENTURES." "WE'LL FIND THE ISLAND OF GOLD AND STUFF LIKE THAT." "SOUNDS AWESOME!" They imagine being cured, returning home, then meeting again at sea. The memory makes the present unbearable: Caesar stole not only their health, but their future. Page 10: Mocha remembers the children making their future promise more clearly. One says, "WHEN WE ALL TURN 20, THEN!!" and the others answer, "IT'S A PROMISE!!" "IT'LL BE GREAT!!" "THAT'S A LONG WAY OFF, THOUGH!" In the present, the children outside still shout, "OPEN UP!! MOCHYA!!" and another insists, "THAT'S RIGHT!! THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO GET AWAY, NOW." Mocha realizes the meaning of Chopper's warning: "...WE'LL NEVER GROW UP? ...AND WE'LL NEVER SEE OUR MOMMIES AND DADDIES AGAIN...?" She admits, "WE NEVER IMAGINED ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE!!" Chopper's voice explains, "WE ASKED YOU TO SAVE US BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GO HOME... AND BECAUSE WE WERE SCARED THAT THEY STILL WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH US, AND THEN THEY'D BREAK THAT PROMISE OF 'JUST ONE YEAR.'" The page gives Mocha the emotional reason for her act: the children wanted rescue, but did not understand the horror they were being rescued from until now.