Her silence was disarming. Calgara was unused to feeling uneasy; he stood there as the seconds ticked by, tension rising in his muscles once again.

After a few, he sighed and looked away, frowning. What had he been expecting? That she would simply accept his apology after he had acted the fool? Turning, he went to collect his book and leave when the sound of Robin's Devil fruit filled the small room. Glancing over his shoulder, he saw the ladder that she had created for him, and he breathed in sharply. Somehow, the simple action did more than any words she could have said.

He ascended the ladder quickly until his head and shoulders were enveloped in the relative darkness of the secret room. There, just barely visible, he saw Robin seated there. He regarded her in silence.