Yeah.

[All the time. Even now-- Polnareff huffs a laugh, shaking his head. This is too personal, maybe, too private, and he feels bad for saying it, but the words bubble out anyway:]

Kakyoin told me the other day about his parents, about how they'd made him feel odd when he was a kid-- cuz he had a stand and they couldn't see it, right? So his whole life, he felt like maybe he was weird, like something was wrong with him, and his parents only made it worse. And then he mentioned someone here telling him-- not that he was strange, just that it was odd, meeting someone who had a stand from birth, because where he was from not many people had them like that. And that also made him feel weird, and I know Kakyoin is an adult, all right, he's grown and he nearly broke my fucking nose once, so clearly he can take care of himself, but--

I still get pissed, you know? Even though it's stupid, and he doesn't need me to get mad at people for him. Because I don't want any of my friends to ever feel bad, ever.

[A beat. He settles his chin atop Giorno's head and adds quietly:]

I get the same way when I think about your parents. Your mother and your step-father.