#ch: minato utsumi

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"Why does everyone try to get me to go swimming... I don't get it at all..."

Marine biologist she may be, but Minato was terrified the moment they considered actually getting in the water. The creeping fear of going under was always present when they saw it, no matter how much they loved the creatures in the sea.

"Fuwaaa... at least give me a reason other than it would be fun... maybe add some jellyfish or something..."

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"I see... fuwa... that's so cool... I didn't think that kind of stuff could protect artifacts like that... no wonder so much stuff is recovered from the sea." It always surprised them before, but their dad was never able to explain it. Getting an answer from someone who knew was rather nice for a change.

Eager to see the artifact, they were practically bouncing on their heels, a slightly comical sight with how utterly tiny Minato was, but how could they not be eager for this? It was rare they got to see artifacts that were fished out of the sea.

“Yeah it leads to a lot of interesting items..” most people didn’t do he wasn’t all to surprised. However he understood her amazement as he often found it interesting just how much could survive the sea.

“Sometimes yes. However lots of times things like soil protecting it or its materials can protect it from the oceans. Or they are found, but consistently taken from one person to the next. Like this one we plundered from another ship.”

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"Um... did you want to hear more information about the jellyfish?" Standing in the aquarium and rocking on their heels, Minato is easy to miss, though they were eagerly eyeing the jellyfish, utterly mesmerized by the beautiful animals.

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"Oh, wow, really?" While they didn't know much about history, admittedly, they were just utterly amazed that something like that could survive in the sea.

"That's incredible... I would think that the currents would erode it after that much time... or maybe the bottom feeders would slowly nibble away at it.... how utterly amazing that it managed to survive."

“Yeah sure...first I need do get all these damn barnacles off of it..than I can hopefully get an idea. The sea ain’t exactly known for keeping things in good condition..”

He states with a small smile..at least someone was interested. Most weren’t even within his own crew. He goes back to focusing quickly as he cleans it off. “Hm..seems to be an old small statue from the 1600s..”

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"Eh? What did they think they can hide? Is it some kind of shellfish?"

A soft yawn leaves them as Minato looks over what Enkai is looking at. They aren't sure what it is, but they are infinitely curious about it and what it could possibly be.

“Hmph..damn crew really think they can hide this from me..? Guess if there is an advantage of land..its balancing is better..”

The pirate huffs as he takes a closer look at some sort of old artifact that was covered in barnacles he was scrapping off or seaweed. Otherwise though, he seemed a lot more interested in the item itself.

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"Awww, but that sounds interesting, too. Can you tell me about it?"

Looking over it, Minato wasn't exactly sure what they were looking at, but they were fascinated something like that came out of the sea. Then again, they loved everything that came out of the sea.

“Hmph..damn crew really think they can hide this from me..? Guess if there is an advantage of land..its balancing is better..”

The pirate huffs as he takes a closer look at some sort of old artifact that was covered in barnacles he was scrapping off or seaweed. Otherwise though, he seemed a lot more interested in the item itself.