"Ace," Marco reached out an arm to his shoulder, not caring that he'd probably get punched. "I can't. I need to know why. At the least. How would you feel if Luffy showed up and didn't remember you, wouldn't even talk to you?" In this Ace's version was Luffy still a pirate too?

A world where Thatch and Ace were never friends? Where he didn't chase Blackbeard down for revenge? He was alive, but without knowing Pops, what did that count for.