[There's a flicker of a very different kind of smile - genuine, proud verging on smug, certainly self-assured - at Jotaro's observation. Yes; he is exactly these things. People meet him, and they remember him. Another way he is very like his father.]
[Just because Jotaro isn't entirely an idiot doesn't mean Giorno's about to let his guard down, however. If anything, good observational skills indicate even more of a danger, yet another reason to keep on his toes.]
[Gold Experience takes a step back, then another, to stand at Giorno's side, its posture loosening fractionally as Giorno's does. After another moment, he crosses his arms over his chest and shifts his weight, a graceful movement that nevertheless ends with him looking more like a sulky teenager and less like a miniature don. This is, of course, deliberate.]
What made you think we'd have met before in the first place? I don't know anybody in this city.
[Do you? he wonders, but keeps it to himself. A question like that could be perceived as a threat; if someone asked him on first acquaintance, he would think of Mista, of Trish, and would lash out instinctively to keep them safe.]
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[Just because Jotaro isn't entirely an idiot doesn't mean Giorno's about to let his guard down, however. If anything, good observational skills indicate even more of a danger, yet another reason to keep on his toes.]
[Gold Experience takes a step back, then another, to stand at Giorno's side, its posture loosening fractionally as Giorno's does. After another moment, he crosses his arms over his chest and shifts his weight, a graceful movement that nevertheless ends with him looking more like a sulky teenager and less like a miniature don. This is, of course, deliberate.]
What made you think we'd have met before in the first place? I don't know anybody in this city.
[Do you? he wonders, but keeps it to himself. A question like that could be perceived as a threat; if someone asked him on first acquaintance, he would think of Mista, of Trish, and would lash out instinctively to keep them safe.]