[...]

[Instantly relaxes.]

[Because Marco is a gullible fucking idiot and that is totally what he wanted to hear even if he didn't expect it.]

Ah really?

They must still have sake places Pops loved so much then.

[Which makes him SO HAPPY.]

And there weren't...

A million slavers running around kidnapping mermaids and fishman pups or anything, aye? [Just lie Zoro, how can you crush this man's obvious hopes and dreams?]