[There. There it was. Honesty was always nice to encounter, even if it was only partial honesty after all. Giorno felt the shift in conversation as soon as he heard the word risk, and responded accordingly. His posture, already quite alert, went ramrod-straight, shoulders pushing back as he drew himself up to his full height. The only response to the sight of Kakyoin's eyes was a slight narrowing of his own, even though his gaze doesn't linger over the scars.]

[Friends like yours. He leaned back into the barely-perceptible sensation of Gold Experience's touch and pointedly let his smile fade.]

Yes. I do.

[Fewer now than he did once; but all the same.]

It would have been perfectly acceptable to ask that question first instead of playing games, Mr. Kakyoin. I don't have anything to hide.

[Lie. Big lie. But it would have been a lie for anyone, he thought, and so he let it stand.]