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[digiorno]

buongiorno! sorry i missed you; i'll happily get back to you as soon as i'm done with whatever business i'm on. leave a message!

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[digiorno]

Oh.

Is that what it is? So I just . . . have to learn a different way? Like learning to walk and talk all over again . . . that's what I have to do? And you, too?

[starmark]

Sort of. I think...we have to learn to hit the sand like sand, and not like concrete.

And to recognize when it's sand, and when it's concrete.

And to be brave enough to keep doing it even when we get hurt. Because it's not an "if", it's a "when".

I'm not saying I'm any good at it, just that I think that's what it is.

[digiorno]

That's complicated.

I'm glad I have you to look out for me while I'm figuring out how to do it, or I'd break my hand a lot. And this isn't the kind of thing I can fix.

[starmark]

They've never really been little ones for us, have they.

But I think we can figure it out. I really do.

[digiorno]

I think we can too. So maybe that's a good reason for me to be the one to do it. Since - it's not little, but it's not as big as I'm used to, either. Good practice?

[starmark]

Okay.

Do you want me to be there with you?

[digiorno]

Maybe. Hard things are easier when you're there.

[starmark]

Mio fratello è molto forte.

Quando lo sostengo, lui è ancora più forte.

[digiorno]

Le braccia mi sostengono come un cerchio. Ho ragione?

[starmark]

Giusto.

Ricordo a me stesso di che spesso.

[digiorno]

Quando avete bisogno di qualcuno che si prenda cura di?

[starmark]

E quando ho bisogno di ricordare che qualcuno si prenda cura di me.

Un cerchio non ha inizio né fine.

[digiorno]

Questo mi rende felice. Mi fai felice. Mi piace che la nostra forza non finisce.

I like not having to be strong all by myself, even though I can be. It feels safe.

[starmark]

Good.

I'm glad you feel safe here, Giorno.

[digiorno]

I'm glad, too. And I want you to feel safe too, so if you don't you have to tell me, okay? That's what brothers do.

[starmark]

I will.

I don't always feel that way, but when you're there, I do.