[There are two Jotaros inside the one standing there in that moment on the lamplit Cairo street, and when Hierophant disappears, both of them remember the same thing.
It's distant, for one. Dreamlike, almost — a faraway thing that he doesn't altogether remember happening, but that doesn't seem like the sort of thing he would make up in wild imaginings. For the other, it's far more concrete: sharpie lines slithering down his limbs, starbursting out from his throat and his heart. Kakyoin. Hierophant disappears, and Dio thinks he's been withdrawn, and Dio is wrong.
Because Hierophant is there, still, and he can't feel it but Star can, because Star knows when something is inside him that shouldn't be. And that means that Kakyoin knows, even without speaking a word to him, that this isn't a situation he can flee from. It can't be. And that means the only thing that's left for them is to fight.]
I don't need any help to beat the shit out of you.
[He has to keep Dio's attention on himself. Not that it's hard to do, but he has to make sure that Dio sacrifices attention to his surroundings in favor of getting high on his own self-importance. If he starts to gloat, he'll miss things. He'll leave openings.
Hierophant is good at finding openings and taking advantage of them.]
Pretty stupid of you, trapping yourself in here with me.
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It's distant, for one. Dreamlike, almost — a faraway thing that he doesn't altogether remember happening, but that doesn't seem like the sort of thing he would make up in wild imaginings. For the other, it's far more concrete: sharpie lines slithering down his limbs, starbursting out from his throat and his heart. Kakyoin. Hierophant disappears, and Dio thinks he's been withdrawn, and Dio is wrong.
Because Hierophant is there, still, and he can't feel it but Star can, because Star knows when something is inside him that shouldn't be. And that means that Kakyoin knows, even without speaking a word to him, that this isn't a situation he can flee from. It can't be. And that means the only thing that's left for them is to fight.]
I don't need any help to beat the shit out of you.
[He has to keep Dio's attention on himself. Not that it's hard to do, but he has to make sure that Dio sacrifices attention to his surroundings in favor of getting high on his own self-importance. If he starts to gloat, he'll miss things. He'll leave openings.
Hierophant is good at finding openings and taking advantage of them.]
Pretty stupid of you, trapping yourself in here with me.