[And of all things — implausibly, unexpectedly, impossibly — the vines ensnare him and lift him off the ground, and it's not even that it's unexpected; it's the familiarity that makes him laugh right back, quieter and far more subdued than Giorno's, but there just the same.]
Hierophant does this trick better.
[Okay. When he'd hit the vines the last time, he'd been blown back — so, attacking them at all poses a problem. He'll have to take damage in order to free himself from them, unless...
Briskly, he gauges the distance he has left between Giorno and himself — enough? He'll have to stop time at the last possible instant — and draws Star Platinum back inside him in a rush, urging his Stand to manifest around his limbs like ghostly armor, and trying to force the grip of the vines to expand in compensation, to keep their tight grip even around Star's naturally larger frame.
It's the same way, he thinks, that escape artists free themselves from bonds — by tensing up while the knots are tied and then relaxing when it's time to escape, a minuscule amount of room to wriggle is created.
The question is, will it be enough, when added to stopped time for the sake of getting loose?
There's only one way to find out, so it's worth a try.]
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Hierophant does this trick better.
[Okay. When he'd hit the vines the last time, he'd been blown back — so, attacking them at all poses a problem. He'll have to take damage in order to free himself from them, unless...
Briskly, he gauges the distance he has left between Giorno and himself — enough? He'll have to stop time at the last possible instant — and draws Star Platinum back inside him in a rush, urging his Stand to manifest around his limbs like ghostly armor, and trying to force the grip of the vines to expand in compensation, to keep their tight grip even around Star's naturally larger frame.
It's the same way, he thinks, that escape artists free themselves from bonds — by tensing up while the knots are tied and then relaxing when it's time to escape, a minuscule amount of room to wriggle is created.
The question is, will it be enough, when added to stopped time for the sake of getting loose?
There's only one way to find out, so it's worth a try.]