"I wouldn't have said no," Rosinante admits with a chuckle. He still loves that bunny hat, and wears it regularly, which probably doesn't surprise the people who know him well. Even Law has stopped rolling his eyes at it.

"Glad you could make it in, finally. Hasn't been a much easier winter than the last one, even with the sun. I guess that's just what it's like here," he says with a shrug. Spending some of his youth in the North Blue should have prepared him better for all the snow, but at least the ocean currents helped moderate the weather on the islands in ways the lake here just doesn't compare to. At least the sounds from the ice can't keep him up at night if he shuts them all out.