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[digiorno]

your question presupposes my belief in the concept of good people

[starmark]

someone who wouldn't hurt you first

that's what i meant

[digiorno]

in that case

i don't know that i can speak as an authority on this matter

i only recently encountered other stand users

but i would say that it's too simplistic to equate an aggressive or combat-based stand to a desire to harm people

similarly, i think it's too simplistic to assume that a stand whose primary characteristics are defensive or even neutral means its user isn't capable of extreme cruelty

the man i mentioned before, who tried to kill my friend, his stand created mold

the man i trusted most in the world, who was the best fighter i've ever met, his stand unzipped things; that's all

and i heal, and create life, but there's a lot of damage that can be done, creating life

so in short, yes, a stand says a great deal about its user

however, without the context of knowing that person, it's almost impossible to interpret what is being said by that stand's abilities alone

[starmark]

do you think it goes the other way around

from knowing a person, that you could guess their stand's abilities?

[digiorno]

i think it's possible, but highly unlikely

it's like assuming that just because you know what values a person has, that you'll know what career they want to pursue

certainly the second is a result of the first, but there are other factors involved, some of which are pure chance

[starmark]

i guess that's true

i wouldn't have guessed an orangutan would have a stand that was a ship

or that it'd have a stand in the first place

[digiorno]

that's

a bit of an extreme example

but then we fought someone whose stand could only activate after they died, and i have no idea what that might say about someone's personality

why are you asking all of this, jotaro? i know you don't trust me, so i'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish

[starmark]

if i don't talk to you, then there's a one hundred percent chance that i'll never understand you

i guess maybe i'm trying to change that

i don't really know

[digiorno]

. . .

if you just asked me questions, and i answered them

would that help, or would you just not trust them?

[starmark]

i don't think it's really about questions and answers

understanding someone means knowing what they believe in

i don't think that's something you can really show with a survey or an essay

[digiorno]

well

it's up to you

i know what i believe, though

[starmark]

tell me about your friend

the one who went up against the mold

[digiorno]

oh

i'm not sure i know where to start

[starmark]

what made you decide that he was your friend

i mean did he do something or were you in a situation together or

[digiorno]

ah

i don't know

it's hard for me to say, i never really had friends before, so i didn't know it was happening until afterwards, which i suppose must be strange to say

but there was a moment i knew he was someone i should fight for . . . when he was ready to sacrifice himself for our cause, to protect everyone else, to protect me

and i thought

no, i won't allow that

there's too much beauty in this person to let him be anything but just what he is now

[starmark]

were you mad at him

that he was willing to do that

[digiorno]

mad at him?

no, not really

i was frustrated because he thought that was the only option, and he wasn't listening to me, not then

but i wasn't angry. i understood why he felt that way.

sometimes, if someone is devoted enough to something, they'd do anything for it

and if the cause is protecting the weak i can't fault anyone for it

that was . . . his honor system, you could say

no matter what it takes, protect those who can't protect themselves

[starmark]

if it had been reversed, and you thought it was the only way

would you have listened to him?

would you have died for him?

[digiorno]

i think

if i knew then what i know now

no, i wouldn't have

i wouldn't have wanted to hurt him like that

[starmark]

what if he weren't going to sacrifice himself to save you

what if he were going to do it to show you how to save yourself

what would that make you feel?

[digiorno]

please don't a








unworthy

[starmark]

i'm sorry






why did you


you answered me anyway




i don't understand

that hurt you but you answered me anyway

[digiorno]

because i knew

i knew if you were asking it was because there was an important reason

that you wouldn't just say something to say it

[starmark]

yeah

i guess not





someone died for me like that

i don't feel unworthy though i just feel



i don't understand why someone would die for me

[digiorno]

i'm sorry

that isn't even close to being enough but i am

i don't know the answer

other than whoever it was must have cared about you more than anything