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Her pride also extends to the reputation and dignity of her Kuja legacy. Because of her past as a
slave and being Empress of Amazon Lily, Hancock goes to great lengths to hide her shameful
past to her people out of fear of being shunned and forever shaming her people and the Kuja
reputation. She takes great effort in ensuring no one sees her or her sisters slave marks on their
backs by lying about a "Gorgon Curse" and no one spying on her during a bath out of fear of the
truth coming out. Even when she first met Luffy, who accidently saw her back, she refused to let
him live. She even would prefer to die than let anyone learn of her past as a slave.
Like her fellow Kuja, Hancock has no modesty at all, being unashamed showing herself naked to
Luffy upon revealing her past and again when they reunite during the Cidre Guild Arc. However,
she makes it very serious that she would rather die than ever let anyone see her slave mark on
her back, fearing she would only bring shame to her people if they ever learned that their
empress was a slave of the World Nobles.
Traumatic Behavior
“ Even if it means deceiving my people, I have to continue the pretense!! I
don't want anyone to control me again!! ”
— Hancock revealing her true self to Luffy.
It was revealed the reason for Hancock's lies and attitude towards life was that because of her
horrible past, she did not want to ever show weakness again to anyone. She harbored a great
fear of getting close to anyone, other than her own sisters, and would even go as far to deceive
all of the other Kuja.[19] This caused her surrogate mother, Elder Nyon, to fear that Hancock had
truly turned as cold as ice. It was not until Hancock confessed everything to Luffy that she finally
showed emotion, breaking down in tears after reliving her painful memories.