Ace watched Dragon carefully. Maybe Smoker was right, it seemed Dragon was more interested in Luffy. That sent a torrent of frustrations his way: wanting to protect Luffy and the vague nagging feeling of wondering why Ace was less important. Bbut he calmly reasoned that maybe Dragon hadn't seen him or at least had the sense to realize that Ace wasn't in the mood to talk to him. He decided to head to the Ouran ship. If Dragon was going to be on the Thousand Sunny, then Ace no longer wanted to stay there. Besides maybe the Ouran half of the party actually had food.