Slowly he's letting out a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding, yes, hopefully this would be kinder to him. "I died protecting what was precious to me, it was... at least the way I would have preferred to go out." Had it hurt? Absolutely. But he'd done his job and with what he was told when he came back he had done what had needed to be done. He'd accomplished what had needed to be accomplished. And that was what had mattered, at the end of the day. "The same cannot happen here, at least not under the same circumstances, so I would think things would go better." No need to throw yourself in front of a metaphorical bullet here, yet.

"It is rather simple if you know anything about human anatomy, there are certain places you can hit and end a fight quickly." Sorry, Giorno, it's probably clear as day that this kid is nowhere near as innocent as he sounded before. Oops.