That was clearly not what Jack wanted to hear, and his expression deepens into a scowl at the idea that these Heroes might be unwitting parts of Jessie's plan. "Use them as bait? No. Not a chance. You need somebody to talk to Luffy, I'll be glad to. We cant just leave them where-" Where Kalki might get to them.

"If we've got to do this ourselves, then let's do it. We're not leaving our own behind." Jack looks down a little. "Not again."

Jack's attempt at peace had aided in the rescue of the mobile prisoners of the Empire. But so so many had been left behind in stasis. "There'll be no way to get them back, will there? The ones at the center of all this crystal?"