[It's tempting to elaborate on what else Star can do in a similar vein, to agree that moments of crisis are sometimes the moments when Stands surprise you most because there's no time to wonder, you simply need them to act and sometimes they do, and there's no time to thank them because you're too busy using it to ensure that you survive.

There've been a lot of times, since Cairo, that he's looked back and thought, I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for, and finished it with one person or another. Kakyoin. Jiji. Polnareff.

It strikes him, as he watches Giorno smile at his Stand — at Star, his evil spirit, his fighting spirit, his perpetual companion — that he could add another name to that list if he wanted, because there isn't a shadow of a doubt left that he wouldn't be alive right now if it wasn't for Star Platinum.

He thinks, good boy, and whether it's that or just the rising tide of his silent pride that makes Star light up with apparent delight, it's hard to say.

But it makes Star grin, which is all right, because sometimes Jotaro is a minimalist that way, and only one of them needs to be.]

It's weird to use them for something that isn't fighting. Or to figure out where they fit into a life that doesn't revolve around fighting, I guess.