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



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[starmark]

[Oh. Oh god. Ugh, that feels really good, even filtered back through Star — HE CANNOT SPEAK A WORD OF THIS TO ANYONE, and thus Jotaro becomes very intently focused on something that is pointedly not his Stand or Polnareff's hand, fighting to maintain his cool.]

He's listening. Go ahead, he — um. He likes that, too, just. So you know.

[NNNNNNNGH so good.]

[silvercrusader]

Yeah?

[Okay, so-- he knows, actually, that you can feel whatever a Stand feels, not just pain, because he's not stupid and he's also experimented with it. So. He's not entirely unconscious of what he's doing, nor can he entirely bite back the resulting smirk.

A few more scritches, then, firm and with the nails digging in, whosagoodboy-- and then Polnareff pulls back, turning slightly so he can face Star better.]

Okay-- okay, so this is what we do when we're happy and we want to show it, right?

[Is that good enough for an input? Hopefully, because Polnareff is taking Star's hands, tugging them so they lay palm upwards.]

Okay-- so it starts like that, right? And then--

[Oh, yeah. Star's learning the secret handshake. Polnareff very gently slaps both of Star's hands in the world's gentlest high-five.]

That's the first part!

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[The petting actually is coming with a very useful side effect here, and that side effect has a lot to do with distracting Jotaro; the byproduct of that is that, because he's paying attention much less to what Star is doing, Star has more freedom accordingly to follow Polnareff and listen to him as he pleases.

So, for the most part, he's very pliable as Polnareff arranges him, clearly not understanding where this is going, but obediently following along as it unfolds.

And then there is a high-five, which is confusing, and so for a few seconds Star just looks at his hands and Polnareff's, unsure of what he's supposed to do and why.

What follows, then, is interesting: very quickly, his eyes drift to Jotaro, who by this point has recovered enough to remember to make the conscious effort not to cue him. So, finding no direction there, Star's attention slides back to Polnareff and his hands, and he hovers there on a moment of indecision before very tentatively deciding to imitate what Polnareff just did, offering an equally light slap of his own.]

...Ora...?

[He continues to look confused, evidently still lacking some of that "bridge" to understanding that Jotaro had been describing before.]

[silvercrusader]

[He'll explain the bridge more-- but first they have to finish the secret high-five. They're slapped back and forth-- next is bumping their fists together. There's actually more to the Super Secret High-Five, but he doesn't want to overwhelm poor Star.

Gently he takes Star's left hand, curling it into a fist, and guides it into a gently bump-- the top of his fist against the bottom of Star's, and then vice-versa.]

Okay! You got that? We do that when we're really happy-- when--

[Mm, how to describe it.]

When you get something on your don't-punch list. Does that make sense?

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[Hmmm. Again, Star seems to have to think this over for a minute. Happy is assuredly something he knows, and the Things We Don't Punch are things that are Important. So. This is for good, important things.

It doesn't take much for him to make that connection. Polnareff is a Good Important Thing. Happiness surrounds him.

But, lest he be mistaken for only mimicking what Polnareff's doing without actually processing it, Star lets this unfold, and then hurries over to Jotaro to put out his hands again in implication.

Jotaro is, of course, the nearest and most-best thing. Therefore.]

...Right. You've got it, Star. Good boy.

[He says, going through the motions that Polnareff just demonstrated with his Stand before sending him back, proudly, to check for Polnareff's approval.]

[silvercrusader]

[Oh my god, that is adorable. Polnareff grins, utterly delighted, and offers his hands should Star want to try it again.]

Ahh, bon garçon-- that's good boy in French, Star, because that's what you are. You should show Kakyion your new trick, he knows it already-- he'll be so proud you learned it.