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[starmark]

...You want to have her come live in the castle? With us? And then what, you'd take her to work every day and I'd come get you both at sundown?

[To his credit, he doesn't seem to be protesting so much as just trying to work out the ramifications.]

And put her where, in a wing to herself or something?

[manuscripture]

It's a thought. Likely temporary.

We have a million rooms. She can have one for a while until she gets settled. [ This is the Nicest Thing he's ever done for someone. ] If she is going to be working with me so much, it would be quicker to teach her if she is within reach instead of hauling her back and forth to Sanctuary because she is afraid of walking home at night.

Not that I blame her. The gargoyles and harpies in town aren't very discerning when it comes to picking out what they want to gnaw on. Meek demon girls are a quick meal. [ He sighs and shrugs up his shoulders. ]

Would that bother you? She keeps to herself for the most part. She is very polite too. [ And might want to clean and do the things neither of them want to. ]

[starmark]

If the gargoyles and harpies in town are hassling her, that's something I can take care of. I told her to tell me if somebody was making trouble for her.

[Although given Lorna, he can start to see why maybe she wouldn't say anything either way.]

I don't have a problem with it. This place is too big for two people, anyway.

[manuscripture]

I will see what she thinks. She will turn me down, I'm sure. She didn't even want me to pay her. It was the strangest thing I have ever seen.

[ Not the strangest. Close though. ]

I don't think I would do this sort of thing for anyone else. This feeling is... [ What's the word? ] ... Odd to me.

[starmark]

She didn't want you to pay her? What, she just wanted to work for you for free?

[So evidently his assessment was not incorrect, this is definitely a girl who pretty much anyone could take advantage of and she'd barely put up any resistance whatsoever to it.

Girls like that are such a hassle. Making people want to protect them and all.]

...You like her. And now you're getting attached.

[manuscripture]

[ Girls like that ARE a hassle.

Not sure how he feels about the word like in this situation. ]

Don't say it like that. You make it sound like I have a crush on her. That's weird. [ He's also pretty sure Lorna is like twelve so let's Not. ]

I tolerate her more than others. That phrasing is better. I want to keep and eye on her. Is that weird?

[starmark]

I'd say that's weirder than having a crush on her, but that's me.

[As though the Crusaders were innocent of entertaining and babysitting a little girl who decided to tag along with them for a while.]

Just tell her it's safer here. And that I don't sleep at night, so it's not a hassle for me to take her places in the dark if that's what she needs. Those are my "daytime" hours, anyway.

[manuscripture]

Don't be gross, Jotaro.

[ EWWW. ]

I'll work on it. I have a strategy. I don't want her running into unsavory characters. [ He glances to the window... ]

Anyway, I just wanted to drop off those candlesticks. I should go find my sketchbook and... Do something in it.

[starmark]

Well, let me know how it goes.

[He pauses, then tosses Rohan a sly look.]

And have fun drawing Star Platinum.

[manuscripture]

[ He sees that sly look. Don't think he doesn't. Unwinding from his spot beside the bed, Rohan starts to pass Jotaro sloooowly, deliberately to make it across the room on his own time. ]

Star Platinum? Who said I was going to draw him?

[ All the sarcasm in the world can't properly convey being called out, man. ]

[starmark]

You're going to "do something in your sketchbook"?

[He says, imitating Rohan's inflection on those last few words even as he tracks Rohan's movement across the floor a little too intently to be purely innocent or oblivious.]

Your eyes about fell out of your head. It's the natural assumption.

[manuscripture]

[ OOOOoOo.... If he thought he was going to be frumpy before, he hasn't seen anything yet. ]

They did NOT. [ The indignant THUMP of his tail is what gives him away every time. ] Watch your assumptions or I'll make sure your eyes fall out of your head.

[ He points to his own eyes and makes a little plucking gesture with his claws. ] I'll pick them out myself.

[starmark]

You'll have to climb me like a tree snake to reach them.

[is he enjoying this? he's enjoying this.

JOTARO KUJO IS ENJOYING HIMSELF, STOP THE PRESSES]

[manuscripture]

[ GETTING TO THE DOOR IS A LOW PRIORITY BECAUSE JOTARO IS BEING RUDE. ]

You say that like I don't do it daily. It isn't a challenge.

[ Hands on hips, huff-puff, that's how we're going to act. ]

[starmark]

And yet after all that my eyes are still fine. Does that mean you daily get distracted on your way up?

[is that an attempt at game because if so it's like a 6 out of 10]

[manuscripture]

That doesn't make any sense as a response. [ That's a swing and a miss, Jotaro. ]

I get distracted by other things all the time that aren't when I'm climbing you.

[ Okay. That came out Incorrectly. ]

I'm leaving--

[starmark]

I meant you got preoccupied with — yare yare. It's not a joke if you have to explain it.

[He shakes his head, smiling faintly despite it.]

Have fun drawing whatever you're off to go draw.

[Which is absolutely, definitely, Star Platinum.]

[manuscripture]

[ The wrinkle in the bridge of Rohan's nose disappears as he puts it in the air. ]

I'll never show it to you. [ He flicks his hand in the air and starts to slither out the door. ]

Never, ever. In your dreams. [ It's definitely Star Platinum. ] Don't bother me until nightfall.