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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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[lapidarius]

I know; I'm trying to figure this out so I can be careful. I'm hardly going to approach him outright, but the next time he talks to me I want a better handle on the situation.

[It was't his style to go into a situation without a plan, or to be unable to formulate one very quickly if he didn't. Knowing what angle to approach the situation from was vital; lay tripwires and tightropes to change the terrain and keep a safety net underneath him, even if he only did it through words and conversation.]

...Am I pushing myself?

[The question came honestly after a short hesitation--he wasn't sure anymore. And Kakyoin fully believed Giorno could see him far more clearly than he saw himself. The only person better at that was Jotaro, but asking him wasn't an option right now.]

[digiorno]

Yes.

[He looked up at Kakyoin seriously, his eyes wide and grave.]

I've never known you not to push yourself, even for one second. That's one of the things I like a lot about you. But I think in this particular situation, that tendency is likely to put you in danger from yourself. You'll do well, see that as a sign to push yourself harder, and then become overwhelmed and frustrated because you weren't able to do everything all at once. Do you see what I mean?

[lapidarius]

...I think I understand.

[He glanced away, thoughtful rather than ashamed. He couldn't argue the point, but Kakyoin wasn't certain of what to do about that. If he was accomplishing something, wasn't it correct to continue and keep trying? Of course, but...no, Giorno was right as he so often was. Kakyoin would end up taking that to some extreme, push himself as hard as he could until he slammed headfirst into a wall.]

I'm just not certain I know how else to approach this.

[digiorno]

. . . How about this: every week, you make a goal of one small new thing to try to do, or to try not to do. If you accomplish it that week, then you stop. You don't try to do something else. You just say "Good job, Kakyoin," and you let yourself be done.

If you don't accomplish it, then it rolls over to the next week, no penalties. The important thing is that after one you stop, though.