[It isn't meant to hurt. Just to get his attention. Of course, if pain is the side effect, he's cold enough not to mind it much. He understands what this means; Polnareff won't, with his abundance of love stretching back decades. If he has to translate for Dio, who won't say it, he will.]
no subject
i'm impressed
that he did that i mean
not surprised that it's you he trusts, though