[It's good they land. It doesn't mean they have to part-- the moment they settle in, Polnareff leans heavily against Jotaro, one arm wrapping tight around his shoulders. It's not enough, but nothing will be right now.
And what, he thinks, what has happened that Jotaro thinks he'll want him gone? It couldn't be farther from the truth-- Polnareff fully intends to stay by Jotaro's side until the other shoves him away. And yet there's something that makes Jotaro think Polnareff will leave him.]
It's okay.
[He didn't need the apology, really, but it's easier to accept it. Polnareff tugs him in a little closer, grip tight.]
I'm the one who didn't die.
[Just like Mista is with Giorno. He's cheating, a little, because he has thirteen years of interactions with Jotaro; he knows a few notes of this song, if not the entire melody.]
Right? And-- seeing me like this, it's terrifying, because I look like maybe I could have died. Like-- like something happens over the next thirteen years and maybe you weren't there.
[He exhales roughly.]
The truth is, Jotaro, you're the only reason I even survived that. You found me-- he cut off my legs and threw me into the ocean, and I would have died there if you hadn't been looking for me. You found me and you took care of me-- you even got me these.
[He lifts one leg, shaking a metal foot-- they are functional, because it was the SPW Foundation that fitted him. They're just not particularly good.]
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And what, he thinks, what has happened that Jotaro thinks he'll want him gone? It couldn't be farther from the truth-- Polnareff fully intends to stay by Jotaro's side until the other shoves him away. And yet there's something that makes Jotaro think Polnareff will leave him.]
It's okay.
[He didn't need the apology, really, but it's easier to accept it. Polnareff tugs him in a little closer, grip tight.]
I'm the one who didn't die.
[Just like Mista is with Giorno. He's cheating, a little, because he has thirteen years of interactions with Jotaro; he knows a few notes of this song, if not the entire melody.]
Right? And-- seeing me like this, it's terrifying, because I look like maybe I could have died. Like-- like something happens over the next thirteen years and maybe you weren't there.
[He exhales roughly.]
The truth is, Jotaro, you're the only reason I even survived that. You found me-- he cut off my legs and threw me into the ocean, and I would have died there if you hadn't been looking for me. You found me and you took care of me-- you even got me these.
[He lifts one leg, shaking a metal foot-- they are functional, because it was the SPW Foundation that fitted him. They're just not particularly good.]