## One Piece Chapter 688, pages 10-11: Mochya - Chapter: 688 - Pages: 10-11 - Characters: Mocha, Tony Tony Chopper, Caesar Clown's Children, Caesar Clown ### Summary 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. Page 11: Mocha breaks down as the truth becomes undeniable. She cries, "WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GONNA DIE. WE THOUGHT WE'D ALL GROW UP SOMEDAY. THAT'S NOT WHAT HE PROMISED US AT ALL!!" She remembers that Caesar gave them candy and says, "HE GAVE US CANDY, SO WE ATE IT!! NO ONE THOUGHT THAT WE'D DIE!!" Yet even while devastated, she refuses to blame the children. She tells them, "I KNOW THAT!! YOU GUYS DON'T DO ANYTHING WRONG!!" One child, still trapped by the craving, says, "AND THAT'S WHY WE CAN NEVER FORGIVE CAESAR!! I KNOW I NEVER WILL!!" Mocha finally says, "I'M SORRY!!" and Chopper's grief breaks through as he shouts, "THAT I DIDN'T FIND YOU SOONER...!!" This page turns the tragedy toward blame where it belongs. The children were deceived, and Chopper blames himself for not reaching them before the poison did.