[While Luffy could have survived pancaking on the ground just thanks to his weird Rubber Man body, it definitely would have been a deeply unpleasant way to finish waking up after dozing off what felt like a few minutes ago on the Going Merry's sun-warmed figurehead. He's mostly panicking because he was convinced he was about to fall into the ocean (which is probably why Nami keeps telling him to stop sitting up there), but as he looks up at Mihawk and then down at their feet firmly planted on the campus lawn, and then around at the fiery chaos surrounding them, he starts to realize that he's very much not about to drown.
Even though he still sorta feels like he just got doused in seawater: achy and disoriented, more lethargic than usual. It takes him another few seconds on solid ground to even think to release his instinctual death grip on the lapels of Mihawk's ludicrously open shirt, and he doesn't even have the good graces to look appropriately embarrassed about it either.
Or wary in general, which is probably the more ridiculous thing. You know... considering exactly who Mihawk is, and what happened the last time Luffy saw him.]
I'm not— [Well...] Okay. [He takes a deep breath as ordered, a touch begrudgingly, and finds it does actually help in the end. Wow, Mihawk is way nicer than he'd been expecting! (Good luck living this down, new pal.)] Okay. Thanks. [Luffy still looks a bit wobbly, but that doesn't mean he doesn't dig deep and find the energy to gush:] Did you just jump that high? How'd you do that? [Zoro is still his favorite swordsman!!! And he's definitely gonna win someday!! But that wasn't not cool as hell...]
assimilation/arrivals!
Even though he still sorta feels like he just got doused in seawater: achy and disoriented, more lethargic than usual. It takes him another few seconds on solid ground to even think to release his instinctual death grip on the lapels of Mihawk's ludicrously open shirt, and he doesn't even have the good graces to look appropriately embarrassed about it either.
Or wary in general, which is probably the more ridiculous thing. You know... considering exactly who Mihawk is, and what happened the last time Luffy saw him.]
I'm not— [Well...] Okay. [He takes a deep breath as ordered, a touch begrudgingly, and finds it does actually help in the end. Wow, Mihawk is way nicer than he'd been expecting! (Good luck living this down, new pal.)] Okay. Thanks. [Luffy still looks a bit wobbly, but that doesn't mean he doesn't dig deep and find the energy to gush:] Did you just jump that high? How'd you do that? [Zoro is still his favorite swordsman!!! And he's definitely gonna win someday!! But that wasn't not cool as hell...]