[ooc: p.s.!!! this is not actually a timeskip Zoro journal, fyi, the icons are for expression only, he doesn't have that scar over his eye yet.]

You've got the second part right...but I've only got one opponent I've got my sights set on beating. The one who's keeping his seat at the top nice and warm for me until I can take him down.

[She can probably feel the excitement in his eyes and voice as he talks about this, probably the first thing where his tone has shifted from the default grouchiness.]