[...Mm. So it was his mom's decision — does that mean, if it hadn't been for the will bullshit, they might've never made contact with each other at all? Would Josuke have just...kept living out his life, wondering where his dad was? What did his mom think of all of it? She's tough — was she mad at him? Did she miss him? Who the hell was she to Joseph Joestar, what did he think of her in return?

And here's Josuke, a kid doing his best with a tough mom and an absent dad and all of a sudden one day the Joestar bullshit sweeps in and turns everything upside-down and he never asked for any of it, either, but here he is.

...That's pretty much enough to settle a lot of things, as far as Jotaro's feelings on the subject go.]

Good. If she'd needed help and hadn't gotten it — I might've actually killed that damn old man for that.

[In his pockets, his hands tighten into fists, but then gradually his fingers loosen and he draws one of those hands out entirely, extending it to Josuke for a shake (or a clasp) instead.]

You're family. No matter what. It means something, so...I'm glad you told me.