[There's another stagnant pause as Perona debates ending the conversation there and heading for home - she's not hungry, and there's not much more she wants to say, especially about the Straw Hats - but instead she spares another glance at Nojiko and continues.]
What have you heard about them? The very last thing you can remember, if I may ask. [Gauging timelines this way, she can also tell you just how many stupid decisions those fools have made.]
[Action]
[There's another stagnant pause as Perona debates ending the conversation there and heading for home - she's not hungry, and there's not much more she wants to say, especially about the Straw Hats - but instead she spares another glance at Nojiko and continues.]
What have you heard about them? The very last thing you can remember, if I may ask. [Gauging timelines this way, she can also tell you just how many stupid decisions those fools have made.]