[Kakyoin's initial answer was another slight nod, his own gaze having drifted to the side. He didn't want to look at Polnareff, or to Hierophant who wasn't even there and yet coiled restlessly in the back of his mind in response to his user's quiet fear and distress. He's going to hate me, Kakyoin thought, he's going to hate me because I'm a freak and I always have been.]
I didn't kill him or anyone else--I won't lie and say I didn't want to, or that I wouldn't have if he kept being a threat. But Death 13 was too dangerous for me to risk taking any chances. I had to be sure he couldn't move and kill any of us.
[His hands unfolded, not quite crossing his arms so much as gripping them in an unconsciously insecure gesture looking for some kind of reassurance while refusing to let his Stand out just yet.]
That's basically what I've told Jotaro--I don't care that he and Dio have the same power, no matter how terrifying it is. Star Platinum isn't The World, and he isn't Dio. I mean that, wholeheartedly. But this...I'm not fine with it either. I don't know if I ever will be.
[...]
You're not...even angry? I should have told you of all people after everything we've been through--I should have told you a long time ago, and even with all this you're still-- [The sentence broke off with a sudden crack of his voice before ending with my friend, but the implication was clear.]
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Date: 2016-08-01 08:15 pm (UTC)I didn't kill him or anyone else--I won't lie and say I didn't want to, or that I wouldn't have if he kept being a threat. But Death 13 was too dangerous for me to risk taking any chances. I had to be sure he couldn't move and kill any of us.
[His hands unfolded, not quite crossing his arms so much as gripping them in an unconsciously insecure gesture looking for some kind of reassurance while refusing to let his Stand out just yet.]
That's basically what I've told Jotaro--I don't care that he and Dio have the same power, no matter how terrifying it is. Star Platinum isn't The World, and he isn't Dio. I mean that, wholeheartedly. But this...I'm not fine with it either. I don't know if I ever will be.
[...]
You're not...even angry? I should have told you of all people after everything we've been through--I should have told you a long time ago, and even with all this you're still-- [The sentence broke off with a sudden crack of his voice before ending with my friend, but the implication was clear.]