"They steal fish." That seems to be more than enough for Koby -- fishing is very serious business, after all. "If you're not on a fishing ship, it isn't as bad, but Alvida hated them. They'd make a mess of her deck." Bird poop and pink don't really mix.

"Element...zero. Right." Koby, stop sounding so skeptical, you're talking about devil fruit and other weird things. "I guess that makes sense. Militaries would want the most powerful people. But -- they let non-biotics enlist too, right?"

Koby waves a vague hand, shrugging. "There's a lot about the world that...most people don't know. Everyone's just trying to survive being attacked by pirates all the time, so that tends to be the priority."