[He doesn't make it a question; they both know it isn't one. It's one thing to comfort Adrian; of course he could do that. But actually do something, take some real meaningful step to overcome that apprehension? What could he possibly do that would matter, deep down?
The truth is, he couldn't promise Adrian a future any more than he could promise Kakyoin one, for all that he might want to pretend otherwise.]
We should go find him. Now that things are settling down. Talk this out, all three of us.
[Adrian closes his eyes finally, feeling a horrible dread in his chest. How much has he ruined by doing this? Did he see his future, or was it a mere possibility branching away that he will never know?
[The guilt and shame are practically radiating off of Adrian in waves; it's impossible not to notice. Fumbling, and at a loss, Jotaro reaches down and brushes his fingers against Adrian's for a moment, before moving closer and more deliberately weaving them together to take his hand.
It doesn't make anything better. It doesn't solve anything. It doesn't fix it.
It's something he needs to do, anyway.]
I think he's at the academy. That's where I was headed, before...
[Before his doppelganger found him. Before they leapt through that errant portal. Before two people died, and one of them was him.]
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[He doesn't make it a question; they both know it isn't one. It's one thing to comfort Adrian; of course he could do that. But actually do something, take some real meaningful step to overcome that apprehension? What could he possibly do that would matter, deep down?
The truth is, he couldn't promise Adrian a future any more than he could promise Kakyoin one, for all that he might want to pretend otherwise.]
We should go find him. Now that things are settling down. Talk this out, all three of us.
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[Adrian closes his eyes finally, feeling a horrible dread in his chest. How much has he ruined by doing this? Did he see his future, or was it a mere possibility branching away that he will never know?
Stiffly, he nods.]
Okay.
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It doesn't make anything better. It doesn't solve anything. It doesn't fix it.
It's something he needs to do, anyway.]
I think he's at the academy. That's where I was headed, before...
[Before his doppelganger found him. Before they leapt through that errant portal. Before two people died, and one of them was him.]