[That he doesn't mind so much. And it occurs to him, extremely belatedly, that maybe he should apologize to Jotaro. But that's something for another day. As it is, he lets his head roll back a little as he looks up at Polnareff thoughtfully.]

[He's obviously trying. He cares, so he's trying to understand. But it's obviously harder for him than it was for Kakyoin, who, even if he didn't completely understand, acknowledged that and let it slide off and resolved to pay attention until it made sense. That's just what Kakyoin does, who Kakyoin is. It's not who Polnareff is.]

[So Giorno thinks for a moment about what he knows about his home, and what he knows about France, the ways they're similar and different, and he thinks . . .]

[Well. He sighs.]

I get annoyed. There's a reason I only do a little bit at a time, you know, for every day. I don't want to have this fucking conversation all the time, because I get annoyed, and I don't want to get annoyed with my friends. And I use it sometimes, on purpose, to throw people off their guard — people I want to underestimate me or be confused by me. It's already there, so why not?

But you're not one of those people, so I don't want to be annoyed with you. I want you to understand. But you're all hung up, aren't you . . .