[His brow furrowed at the assessment. It wasn't wrong, exactly; Kakyoin was, in fact, describing two of the strengths that had carried him furthest in Passione, traits that had allowed him not only to survive but to command and lead, and which had given him the ability to show Diavolo a fate he richly deserved.]
[And yet the way Kakyoin spoke about the similarities between Giorno and Dio, it came with a weight of personal experience that a simple murder couldn't convey. So what had it been, then? Torture? Certainly not out of the realm of possibility, but charm is significantly more difficult to convey during torture, so Giorno dismissed that for the moment. No, there was something else there, something more, a greater crime than death, some other monstrosity.]
[He had to know what. He had to, not only for his own sake but for Kakyoin's; he did not want to repeat it, and he absolutely didn't want to repeat it in Kakyoin's presence.]
[All of which he was very staunchly focused on until he heard a familiar name, and then - he stood bolt upright, eyes widening with a faint glimmer of hope, and he asked the question before he'd even fully parsed what Kakyoin was saying.]
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[And yet the way Kakyoin spoke about the similarities between Giorno and Dio, it came with a weight of personal experience that a simple murder couldn't convey. So what had it been, then? Torture? Certainly not out of the realm of possibility, but charm is significantly more difficult to convey during torture, so Giorno dismissed that for the moment. No, there was something else there, something more, a greater crime than death, some other monstrosity.]
[He had to know what. He had to, not only for his own sake but for Kakyoin's; he did not want to repeat it, and he absolutely didn't want to repeat it in Kakyoin's presence.]
[All of which he was very staunchly focused on until he heard a familiar name, and then - he stood bolt upright, eyes widening with a faint glimmer of hope, and he asked the question before he'd even fully parsed what Kakyoin was saying.]
Mr. Polnareff's here?