[Douchebag pirates lose all the time. Of course, now she's said that, she has no clue what to say. She's not a storyteller. That's Usopp's department.

...hmm.]

...there once was a girl who lived all her life on the run from the marines for crimes she didn't commit. The marines put a bounty on her head for 77 million when she was eight years old, and so she found no safe haven anywhere she looked. She grew up hardened by her inability to trust those around her, and she escaped the law again and again by counting only on herself. When you're willing to cast aside anybody at all to keep yourself from harm, it's easy enough to stay ahead of the law, right?

She eventually found shelter working as the right hand of a man who was intent on causing a bloody revolution so that he could take control of a powerful desert country. The kingdom was saved in the end by pirates-- which is another story entirely-- and to escape from the desert kingdom herself, the woman stowed away on the pirates' ship and then asked to join the crew.

The captain agreed, despite the protests of this crew. He said that he believed she was a good person at heart. And so grudgingly, the rest of them accepted her presence but watched their backs.