Well, practice makes perfect. Just try and train yourself out of smaller things--for instance, if someone asks you how you're doing, very casually, try and come up with something other than "good". It's tricky, but it pays off in the long run.
[He deliberately keeps his voice low, as if there's someone else who might be listening in--and, to him, perhaps there is. He registers Gold Experience as a part of Giorno, but there's really no shaking his initial impression that there's another person in the room, despite there only being two people. Maybe it's just his Night Vale paranoia, but whatever the case, he intends this to be for Giorno and Giorno alone.
His frown deepens, and he grabs Giorno's hand a bit tighter.]
As long as you're trying, I think it's fine to mess up. Nothing comes instantly, and this isn't an exception, you know? Some things are just hard to learn, period, especially when it's something significant. But, um...
[Carlos trails off, looking away. This is too familiar a conversation to be having, about niceness and redemption and honesty, that it actually makes him physically nauseous. Giorno isn't Kevin, but the parallels remain solid in his mind, and his jaw clenches.]
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[He deliberately keeps his voice low, as if there's someone else who might be listening in--and, to him, perhaps there is. He registers Gold Experience as a part of Giorno, but there's really no shaking his initial impression that there's another person in the room, despite there only being two people. Maybe it's just his Night Vale paranoia, but whatever the case, he intends this to be for Giorno and Giorno alone.
His frown deepens, and he grabs Giorno's hand a bit tighter.]
As long as you're trying, I think it's fine to mess up. Nothing comes instantly, and this isn't an exception, you know? Some things are just hard to learn, period, especially when it's something significant. But, um...
[Carlos trails off, looking away. This is too familiar a conversation to be having, about niceness and redemption and honesty, that it actually makes him physically nauseous. Giorno isn't Kevin, but the parallels remain solid in his mind, and his jaw clenches.]
Just try.