[But he frowns, a deep and somewhat troubled frown, because as he considers it at length he gradually begins to realize that even though his kneejerk impulse is to say no, that's wrong, it's not like that, you've got it wrong, there's still a small sliver of nagging recognition that Polnareff isn't entirely off the mark, either. Hadn't he lost his temper when Izabel had flirted with Kakyoin right in front of him, even if ostensibly it was both harmless and facetious? Hasn't he always been different where Kakyoin is concerned, whether he's been willing to admit it or even conscious of it or not?
Polnareff's a people person. He can read things that are there, see them. Surely he's better at seeing things in other people than Jotaro is at seeing them in himself.
So. He'd assumed that nothing had changed, when for Polnareff everything had changed.
So.
It's not about an inability to be someone else for Polnareff. It's that he's not who he used to be anymore.
He can say that he's not going to leave Polnareff behind as often as he wants, and yet all this time he's missed that on some level, through Polnareff's eyes, he already has.
For a second, he has no idea what to say.]
...What about to Kakyoin? Is it — with him, is it different, too? Or...just me?
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[But he frowns, a deep and somewhat troubled frown, because as he considers it at length he gradually begins to realize that even though his kneejerk impulse is to say no, that's wrong, it's not like that, you've got it wrong, there's still a small sliver of nagging recognition that Polnareff isn't entirely off the mark, either. Hadn't he lost his temper when Izabel had flirted with Kakyoin right in front of him, even if ostensibly it was both harmless and facetious? Hasn't he always been different where Kakyoin is concerned, whether he's been willing to admit it or even conscious of it or not?
Polnareff's a people person. He can read things that are there, see them. Surely he's better at seeing things in other people than Jotaro is at seeing them in himself.
So. He'd assumed that nothing had changed, when for Polnareff everything had changed.
So.
It's not about an inability to be someone else for Polnareff. It's that he's not who he used to be anymore.
He can say that he's not going to leave Polnareff behind as often as he wants, and yet all this time he's missed that on some level, through Polnareff's eyes, he already has.
For a second, he has no idea what to say.]
...What about to Kakyoin? Is it — with him, is it different, too? Or...just me?