[Kakyoin didn't judge or even remark on Fugo's capacity for violence; he wasn't that different when things came down to it, though with much less of a hair trigger.]
No, you're right. Hierophant and I are the same; I wouldn't change him and I don't blame him or myself for the power we have. This is just the way that I am, whether I like that or not.
[He looked away, silver-green armored fingers clutching at his sleeves. Was it just going to come down to holding himself accountable and choosing how to apply a power like this again? That was good advice whether it came from Jotaro or Fugo, and yet...he just didn't feel any less frustrated about it.]
If I didn't have this power, I think we all would have died once. There was a Stand user that had us all cornered, and I was the only one able to fight it. If I hadn't stopped it moving, then--I don't know if I would have won against it.
[And wasn't it true that he'd thrown himself into Hamon training to make sure he had the option to do it to the one person that did deserve a fate like that? If the living nightmare ever became a reality, didn't his entire plan for how to deal with that hinge on Hierophant's ability?]
[Yes--but that just meant he wasn't afraid of dropping to Dio's level to fight him again.]
Even so...even knowing that, it's hard for me to think of that as anything useful. I feel like it's something hanging over my head, reminding me of the only other person with the ability to remove one's free will. Enemy or not, no one truly deserves that kind of thing.
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No, you're right. Hierophant and I are the same; I wouldn't change him and I don't blame him or myself for the power we have. This is just the way that I am, whether I like that or not.
[He looked away, silver-green armored fingers clutching at his sleeves. Was it just going to come down to holding himself accountable and choosing how to apply a power like this again? That was good advice whether it came from Jotaro or Fugo, and yet...he just didn't feel any less frustrated about it.]
If I didn't have this power, I think we all would have died once. There was a Stand user that had us all cornered, and I was the only one able to fight it. If I hadn't stopped it moving, then--I don't know if I would have won against it.
[And wasn't it true that he'd thrown himself into Hamon training to make sure he had the option to do it to the one person that did deserve a fate like that? If the living nightmare ever became a reality, didn't his entire plan for how to deal with that hinge on Hierophant's ability?]
[Yes--but that just meant he wasn't afraid of dropping to Dio's level to fight him again.]
Even so...even knowing that, it's hard for me to think of that as anything useful. I feel like it's something hanging over my head, reminding me of the only other person with the ability to remove one's free will. Enemy or not, no one truly deserves that kind of thing.
[No one but the monster himself.]