He really was - though most of the time he knew when he was being steered whether he acted like it or not. The fact of the matter was he really didn't mind if it was a lady doing the steering. That's just the way he was. To the question he shook his head.

"No, they weren't. They'll be able to keep themselves occupied around town, I'm sure."

So if weird shit goes down today you can blame the Mugiwara pirates.