There was always a moment, Nico Robin had learned over the years, where eyes would blink and suddenly she was no longer a person to whomever she was around. It was the faint recognition from well-connected townspeople who could see the monster of a child that lived inside of her. Or it was her name that turned her from a friendly woman to an off-duty marine’s ticket to career success.
She waited for weeks to see when that moment would come with the Strawhats, feeling its inevitability.
Even years later, that moment never came. She was always still a person.