...Kakyoin fell down once and never forgave himself for it. He didn't know how to make me stay, didn't understand it. So he tried to be useful, but he also...he tried to take a knife to every part of himself that he thought was weak, and cut it out and throw it away. That's what makes sense to him, how he tries to be strong.

[He hadn't understood it at first, either, or at least had only understood it as isolated pieces, never knowing they added up to a full puzzle. Giorno had, because Giorno...had perspective, could see things like that in people. He wouldn't have seen it without that help.]

What happens if you fall? If you've been your best, and then you fall...then what happens?