[oh it'll inflict sadness all right. Law can never think of his dear friend without being a little melancholy]

He was a good man, despite being a pirate and the brother of the worst piece of shit to ever stalk the seas. He tried to stop me from joining them and I stabbed him for it. He saved my life...he stole the Devil Fruit and made me eat it, so I could have the power to cure myself. He gave up his life to make sure that I escaped and survived. I loved him, the only person outside of my own family that I've ever cared about.

[all he expects is that Cora-san is a memory, an inspiration, but not an entity in any world anywhere. Not anymore. That's not how it works.]