You’re a good friend of Shanks, and a retired pirate who ate the devil fruit known as the Pansapansa no mi, which can help you shapeshift into a panther to whatever extent you desire, and now you live in Foosha village. You were walking around the village when you eventually spotted a wanted poster of Straw Hat Luffy for 300,000,000 berries, dead or alive. You’ve heard of Luffy, and all that he’s done, and you can’t help but be reminded of Shanks when you think of that kid. You went to Partys bar and got a shot of some beer, then dropped the wanted poster on the counter for Makino to inspect.

“That Luffy…he really is making a name for himself out there in the deep sea…” Makino picks up the wanted poster, it was like just yesterday that Luffy was just a little troublemaker in the village