One Piece Chapter 41, page 16-17: To the Sea

In the flashback, Usopp's mother, Banchina, smiles weakly from her bed and says, "DON'T SAY SOMETHING STUPID USOPP... DAD ISN'T GOING TO COME HOME. BUT I'M PROUD THAT I MARRIED HIM. I WISH I COULD SEE YOU WHEN YOU BECOME AS BRAVE AS HIM..." Tears well up in young Usopp's eyes as he pleads, "DON'T SPEAK LIKE YOU'RE GONNA DIE... DO... DO YOU KNOW THE STORY ABOUT THE MEDICINE!? IT'S A LEGENDARY MEDICINE THAT CURES ANY KIND OF DISEASE, IT'S JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA...!" BanchINA gently tells him, "OH SILLY CHILD... THAT'S JUST A DREAM..." Usopp cries out, "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOU TALKING AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST WORDS! I DON'T MIND BEING SILLY!" He declares with fierce pride, "OF COURSE I HAVE DREAMS... I'M THE SON OF A PIRATE!!!

Merry continues his narration as Kaya listens intently: "THE VILLAGERS SAID THAT WAS THE REASON BEHIND HIS LIES. THAT HE WOULD COME TO PICK UP HIS SON... HIS FATHER'S PIRATE SHIP MIGHT APPEAR IN THE BAY, HOPING THAT SOMEDAY... OUT OF SADNESS, HE CONTINUED TO LIE AFTER HER DEATH. HE PROBABLY COULDN'T LEAVE YOU ALONE AFTER YOU LOST YOUR PARENTS, FOR HE TOO EXPERIENCED THAT LOSS IN THIS VILLAGE." Merry looks at Kaya and says, "AS A GRATITUDE OF EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE FOR YOU... YOU WILL NEED TO BECOME STRONGER NOW..." Kaya smiles with newfound resolve and replies, "YES...