[And then he hesitates - not, ironically enough, because he doesn't want to talk about Narancia, especially to Jotaro, but because what he's about to say probably says a lot about his battle strategy, and he's still very much invested in winning this fight. Still, it's an important thing to know about Narancia, he decides after a moment, and takes a deep breath, and continues.]
His Stand. Aerosmith, it was able to detect people breathing from far away. So I thought - after a certain point I always just called for him automatically, to check and see how close an enemy was. He was always watching over us.
[But I couldn't watch over him.]
[Is that what he regrets most? Sometimes it seems like it is. Sometimes it seems like choosing one worst thing is impossible, but other times he knows in the deepest part of himself that Narancia was the one out of all of them who least deserved to die, who was least prepared for it.]
[He sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose and then just - talks, lets whatever wants to come out come out.]
You could always see him learning. He acted like he hated it but he was really good at it, naturally much cleverer than he thought he was. And he was the last one to decide to come with us, to help Trish, to kill Diavolo. Maybe he shouldn't have - I don't know. I just miss him. He was in my body when he died.
So I know if you say his name I'll know to pay attention, like he always paid attention, and learn, the way he always worked hard to learn, and not do the wrong thing again.
[He takes his hands back and folds them across his knees, looking tired.]
Yeah. Yes. You were more careful than I was. I just never thought of it as time, or stopping something, it was always more adding . . . but I feel like I should have realized.
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[And then he hesitates - not, ironically enough, because he doesn't want to talk about Narancia, especially to Jotaro, but because what he's about to say probably says a lot about his battle strategy, and he's still very much invested in winning this fight. Still, it's an important thing to know about Narancia, he decides after a moment, and takes a deep breath, and continues.]
His Stand. Aerosmith, it was able to detect people breathing from far away. So I thought - after a certain point I always just called for him automatically, to check and see how close an enemy was. He was always watching over us.
[But I couldn't watch over him.]
[Is that what he regrets most? Sometimes it seems like it is. Sometimes it seems like choosing one worst thing is impossible, but other times he knows in the deepest part of himself that Narancia was the one out of all of them who least deserved to die, who was least prepared for it.]
[He sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose and then just - talks, lets whatever wants to come out come out.]
You could always see him learning. He acted like he hated it but he was really good at it, naturally much cleverer than he thought he was. And he was the last one to decide to come with us, to help Trish, to kill Diavolo. Maybe he shouldn't have - I don't know. I just miss him. He was in my body when he died.
So I know if you say his name I'll know to pay attention, like he always paid attention, and learn, the way he always worked hard to learn, and not do the wrong thing again.
[He takes his hands back and folds them across his knees, looking tired.]
Yeah. Yes. You were more careful than I was. I just never thought of it as time, or stopping something, it was always more adding . . . but I feel like I should have realized.