[The problem is, Nami doesn't know how to explain this. It's a tangle of too many threads and she has no idea how to begin untangling it. Or where to begin explaining. Or even if she should.

In the end, Katara's silence is too painful, and Nami speaks just to fill it.]

I spent... close to eight years stealing from pirates, bigger and stronger and tougher than I was. You don't... you don't succeed at that unless you're smarter than they are. Or you find something-- a way to distract them. Nearly all pirates are men, did you know? But despite that--

[...

...] I--

[--shouldn't be talking about this.]

...I'll work it out.