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[starmark]

. . . Yare yare. What is it? Hurry up and say something already.



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[starmark]

What if it was...I don't know. Say Polnareff. Would you feel this same way about Polnareff, or is it just me?

[He pauses, then shakes his head and amends: ]

Wait. Not Polnareff. Say it was Jiji, instead of me. Do you still feel the same...do you still feel this scared?

[lapidarius]

I don't...think it's a matter of things being different because it's you specifically. Whether it's you, or Joseph, or anyone--I don't want to hurt any of you like this.

[starmark]

...I'm glad. That it's not just me, I mean.

[A beat passes; he squeezes Kakyoin's hands a little.]

You know I'm not going to try to force you into it, if you don't want to do it.

[lapidarius]

I know that you wouldn't force it. It's just--this isn't easy. I don't want to do it, but...

[Kakyoin trailed off, gaze dropping to their hands as he thought this over. He really, really didn't want to do this. But...he knew that there might someday be a point where he wouldn't have a choice. There could be a time in which they fought someone they couldn't defeat any other way, and if Dio ever turned into the threat they knew him as, Kakyoin didn't know what else he had that would stand a chance against that.]

[So if he had to practice it as he'd already resolved to try, and if there was no other option...what else were they supposed to do?]

[He closed his eyes and took a slow breath, trying to resign himself to the idea or at least determine how to go about it that was the least horrifying way possible.]

...if we're really going to do this--and you have to be absolutely certain that you're okay with it--I want to set a few conditions first.

[starmark]

...Understood. That's fine with me. What conditions are you thinking of?

[lapidarius]

First, whatever happens is something you're going to outline before we do anything. I won't make you do anything you haven't clearly and explicitly told me, even if it's something minor like directing which way to move your arm. Second...no matter what the reason, whether it hurts or it's uncomfortable or anything, this stops the instant you say my name. My real name, so it'll get my attention no matter how much I'm concentrating.

[That was the most important thing as far as he was concerned; even if control in the realistic sense would be entirely on Kakyoin's side, he could give Jotaro enough freedom to decide what happened, how, and when it stopped.]

Third...you can't tell Polnareff. I have to be the one to talk to him about...using this.

[starmark]

...It's not that different than Time Stop, then. The way we did it for you, I mean. The — telling you what was going to happen, and when, and closing your eyes.

[But he nods slowly, processing all of this.]

That's fine. That...sounds good, I mean. For doing it. It's never going to be perfect, but it's as close as we can get.

[lapidarius]

Yeah--almost just like we've done with that. No matter what happens, you should be the one to dictate how we do this.

[He gave a slight, hesitant nod.]

I think...I think I'm okay with that.