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[digiorno]

Oh, he . . .

[Hm. He twirls a lock of hair around his finger, trying to decide how to put this. It's not that he dislikes Fugo, really, and that's the trouble. He doesn't want to misrepresent him just because he doesn't trust him. So.]

There was a point in our journey when Bruno asked everyone who followed him, everyone in his gang, whether or not they wanted to stay with us when we took down Diavolo. He said it would be dangerous, and that if any of us wanted to stay behind he wouldn't hold it against us. But everyone went, except for Fugo.

Even before then, I didn't quite trust him. He was . . . volatile. He couldn't control his Stand. And once he left, I knew that if I was ever going to see him again, I would need to make sure he had developed strong resolve.

Apparently at some point in the future he does.

[silvercrusader]

[He nods. It makes sense, like all of Giorno's reports do, methodical and precise. There's emotion there, but it doesn't overshadow the raw facts of the situation.]

Well. I'm glad, for your sake. And his, honestly. What was his Stand, that he couldn't control it?

[digiorno]

[Ugh. His expression goes a little sour. He tries to love all living things including Stands but it is Trying sometimes.]

It made a deadly flesh-eating virus. Which it shot at people. Whether Fugo wanted it to or not.

[silvercrusader]

How did you not die within the first three minutes of knowing him?

[digiorno]

He usually never has it out for exactly this reason, that's how.

[FUGO IS A DISASTER, POLNAREFF. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.]

[silvercrusader]

That's the most useless ability I've ever heard of. And I've met a lot of useless Stands, all right, but that's suicidal.

[digiorno]

Fugo is troubled.

[He said, understatingly.]

I hope that I really can help him, in the future. We didn't spend much time together, but it's important to me, and it would be important to the people we lost along the way, too. He's meant to be part of Passione.

[silvercrusader]

[Is that what they're called? Well, it fits, he supposes. And he'll follow Giorno's lead, but-- his nose wrinkles, which says what he thinks about that.]

I'd still take Silver Chariot over that any day.

[digiorno]

Mm, of course. Silver Chariot is so handsome, like a knight in shining armor, and he never drools toxins.

[What a good boy.]

[silvercrusader]

He doesn't even have a mouth.

[No ora oras, but on the other hand, no drooling. It works out.]

[digiorno]

Well, no, but Gold Experience has a mouth and never drools. Definitely not toxins.

[How does Purple Haze not infect itself, is what he's wondering now.]

[silvercrusader]

[Hmm. This raises another question, actually.]

Can Gold Experience eat?

[Can any Stand eat, actually? He's going to be very disappointed he missed the pudding experiments.]

[digiorno]

Oh. I don't — actually know? I've never tried. I've only ever fed Star Platinum and the Pistols.

[BUT HE WANTS TO FEED EVERY STAND, THOUGH, SO.]

[silvercrusader]

What the hell did you feed Star!

[That's an option?]

[digiorno]

Mm . . .

[He laughs a little.]

When Jotaro and Kakyoin talked the first time, about everything, I brought them pudding as a reward. And I brought one for Star, too, in case it would make him feel left out if I didn't. I wasn't really thinking about it, I'm just used to the Pistols, you know? But he liked it after all.

[silvercrusader]

Shit! I've got to try that.

[He glances over at Gold Experience again. He's got a mouth, yeah, but--]

Does his mouth open? I've never seen Chariot's helmet raise.

AFTER A FRUITLESS GODDAMN SEARCH

[digiorno]

[Giorno opens his mouth to reply, but Gold Experience gets there first. He opens his mouth and sticks his tongue out very obediently, then closes it.]

[It's weird as shit to look at, but Giorno just shrugs.]

I'M SO SORRY

[silvercrusader]

[He laughs in surprise and delight, terribly pleased by that.]

That's amazing! Ahh-- did you know Kakyoin's stand has a mouth? He gets really touchy if you don't know that.

I WILL PREVAIL SOMEDAY

[digiorno]

. . . Well, of course Hierophant has a mouth. Why wouldn't he?

[DUH, POLNAREFF. Duhnareff.]

[silvercrusader]

Not all stands have mouths! Not all stands have eyes, or-- I don't know, anything. I mean, Joseph's stand is just purple vines.

[digiorno]

Boh, who cares? That's stupid.

[And, because it's Polnareff and not Jotaro or Kakyoin, it's a little more overtly aggravated than it might otherwise be. But not much.]

[silvercrusader]

[Huh. That's . . . an odd reaction. Polnareff wrinkles his nose at him.]

You don't like Hermit Purple?

[digiorno]

Tch. Il serpe tra' fiori e l'erba giace. Jotaro knows that one.

[He curls his bangs around his finger, shrugs a little.]

I can't possibly like everyone.

[silvercrusader]

[Polnareff doesn't know that one, unfortunately, but he tries to remember it to ask Jotaro later.]

Yeah, but-- I mean, it's Joseph. He's a great guy-- I'm sure he'd like you.

[After all, why wouldn't he?]

[digiorno]

Do you think so?

[It's noncommittal. He pulls a strand of hair to its full length, then lets it spring back.]

I don't know, I think our personalities would clash. And I have plenty of friends already anyway. I have you, that's enough for anyone.