I'm not expecting anything from you, except to lead the way.
[ the funny thing is that giorno would go out of his way to protect him should hol get in trouble for this errand of his, but that's just a point of difference between him and DIO.
giorno, at least, thinks that befriending a merc of his dad's wouldn't be seen as an act of treason. more than anything else he intends to present himself as a neutral - although interested - party, in this never-ending feud of DIO's. after all, he has no reason to start a war he can't closely monitor, especially one that's outside of his territory. right now, egypt is a hotbed of political and economical intrigue, on top of being DIO's playground. there were too many players above and below and giorno's really not interested in making a name for himself in this country. let his father keep it for himself, if he wants it that badly. as for giorno, he will always have naples no matter what happens. naples, and italy, is everything to him.
he keeps himself aloof and distant from hol; there's a bit of his father in there where he painstakingly keeps up appearances, acting as though he was a lot older than he looks, looking as though he's more innocent than he probably is. he'd be lying if he said he wasn't interested in DIO's power. if there was one thing he shared with this father of his, it's the fact that both of them are always striving to keep themselves on top of everything, destroying whatever gets in their way in the process.
and the reason why this meeting is so important is primarily that concern: giorno needs the absolute certainty that whatever DIO has planned with this renedezvous with the joestars, it will never conflict with giorno's plans. how he is set in weaseling that out of his father remains to be seen, but he sees no harm in trying. there's so much work to be done in italy, and he's not in a position to carry out two wars in two different countries while protecting his name. giorno sympathizes with hol when he says he's not suicidal - he has a high opinion of his powers and the capability of his men, true, but between a teenager and an undead tyrant (my father, the survivor, giorno thinks in exasperation and a dangerous fondness that he probably shouldn't nurse, but he's doing it anyway), the gulf of experience and power is too wide to breach, and one must tread carefully. hopefully he won't have to move; or if he does, it'll be after this jotaro has made a couple of his own.
at hol's question, giorno shakes his head. ]
I don't smoke. Most of my vices are quite harmless, actually. [ chocolate pudding, les mis reruns, and .... beck concerts, outside of making things difficult for mafiosos he disapproves of with his own brand of justice. but he's painfully mundane. if he weren't known as DIO's son he wouldn't even stand out here to anyone, moving through the city without fuss; and he will leave it as quietly as he had come. perhaps it's just as well that he can be ordinary where it counts, too - the world is certainly too small for two dios to live at the same time. ]
[handwaves timelines intensely]
I'm not expecting anything from you, except to lead the way.
[ the funny thing is that giorno would go out of his way to protect him should hol get in trouble for this errand of his, but that's just a point of difference between him and DIO.
giorno, at least, thinks that befriending a merc of his dad's wouldn't be seen as an act of treason. more than anything else he intends to present himself as a neutral - although interested - party, in this never-ending feud of DIO's. after all, he has no reason to start a war he can't closely monitor, especially one that's outside of his territory. right now, egypt is a hotbed of political and economical intrigue, on top of being DIO's playground. there were too many players above and below and giorno's really not interested in making a name for himself in this country. let his father keep it for himself, if he wants it that badly. as for giorno, he will always have naples no matter what happens. naples, and italy, is everything to him.
he keeps himself aloof and distant from hol; there's a bit of his father in there where he painstakingly keeps up appearances, acting as though he was a lot older than he looks, looking as though he's more innocent than he probably is. he'd be lying if he said he wasn't interested in DIO's power. if there was one thing he shared with this father of his, it's the fact that both of them are always striving to keep themselves on top of everything, destroying whatever gets in their way in the process.
and the reason why this meeting is so important is primarily that concern: giorno needs the absolute certainty that whatever DIO has planned with this renedezvous with the joestars, it will never conflict with giorno's plans. how he is set in weaseling that out of his father remains to be seen, but he sees no harm in trying. there's so much work to be done in italy, and he's not in a position to carry out two wars in two different countries while protecting his name. giorno sympathizes with hol when he says he's not suicidal - he has a high opinion of his powers and the capability of his men, true, but between a teenager and an undead tyrant (my father, the survivor, giorno thinks in exasperation and a dangerous fondness that he probably shouldn't nurse, but he's doing it anyway), the gulf of experience and power is too wide to breach, and one must tread carefully. hopefully he won't have to move; or if he does, it'll be after this jotaro has made a couple of his own.
at hol's question, giorno shakes his head. ]
I don't smoke. Most of my vices are quite harmless, actually. [ chocolate pudding, les mis reruns, and .... beck concerts, outside of making things difficult for mafiosos he disapproves of with his own brand of justice. but he's painfully mundane. if he weren't known as DIO's son he wouldn't even stand out here to anyone, moving through the city without fuss; and he will leave it as quietly as he had come. perhaps it's just as well that he can be ordinary where it counts, too - the world is certainly too small for two dios to live at the same time. ]