... Good.

[ the confused agreement, rather obviously sincere, gets a grin out of him — good, because half of everything he planned, in the time it took for her to get the coffee, depended on that exact answer. ]

That means we are allies. [ because he may be dead, but he's sure his crew is still an active part of the alliance... which means he is, too. he'd tried breaking it once, already, and look how that went. being an ally of the straw hat crew — there's worse things to be. ]

You said you want to keep your name from being known. If others from our world come, and they don't already know you... I'll keep your secret. If they know it, I'll keep them from bothering you. But in return, if there are those who come here who you know but I don't... you share what you know.

[ he reaches for the coffee and takes a sip; his eyes widen slightly, because damn, that's some good coffee. the kind he got used to having, on the sunny. ]

There's just one thing. There's one person here I won't keep secrets from... but he won't care who you are. Cora-san judges people by what they do, not what name they carry. And if I say we're allies... he'll be on your side, too.

[ well, there's the answer to her speculations, right there. ]