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[digiorno]

don't you get a lot of shit from people for that though

not that that's a reason to do what they want, but it's the reason most people give for not challenging themselves

[moneyballer]

honestly?

yeah, i do

[He remembers the words.

Weak, sensitive-]

but datz jusss me

[Pathetic.]

i am who i am, baby

[It is one of the very few things about himself that he actually likes.]

and there ain't nothin wrong with that

[digiorno]

[Hm.]

you're a very surprising person in some ways

[moneyballer]

[This is not the first time he's heard that remark, but it is one of the first times he doesn't find himself frustrated by it.]

ya think?

[The closer you get to Asher Millstone, the more you realize that he is as simple as can be.

He is just simply not what you'd expect.]

[digiorno]

i do

i expected you to be more . . . stiff upper lip

i suppose that's what i get for assuming things

[moneyballer]

soooo

[If Giorno could hear him speak, he'd hear a heavy bout of disappointment.]

you thought i was a jerk, basically

[It's not as though Asher can blame him. People often see him as little more than a stereotype.]

[digiorno]

i thought you were a man who was what men are expected to be and therefore had been deemed acceptable by society at large

that isn't quite the same thing

but i expect everyone is a jerk at first

don't let me fool you: just because i'm polite doesn't mean i trust even a single person on first acquaintance. it doesn't work that way with me. i wouldn't take it personally if i were you.

[moneyballer]

that's not why it bugs me lil g

[How does he voice this without getting too angry? Giorno can't possibly know.

People have always assumed that he was a certain way. Mean-spirited, selfish, entitled. The worst part is that he all of those things, but even so, he has always fought to be seen as more than just that.]

i may look like what i look like

but i care, i do

[digiorno]

i know that now

but everyone operates on first impressions

you'd be surprised what people have said about me after knowing me less than a minute

or maybe you wouldn't

[moneyballer]

[It's true that everyone operates on first impressions, a fact that sours his mood almost instantly.

This is not entirely Giorno's fault.]

don't u get mad, tho?

if u know that they're

[Wrong, stupid, baseless, dumb-]

ill informed

[digiorno]

i try to

but anger takes a lot of energy

and it frightens me, if you want the truth

people do awful things when they're angry

[I've done awful things when I was angry.]

[moneyballer]

[...Oh boy.]

I know

[Does he ever.]

Do you get angry a lot?

[digiorno]

not often, no

but when i do i get angry

[Hm. What's the word he should use, here.]

disproportionately

[moneyballer]

[Asher Millstone is a fool.

He should know better by now, to heed the warning signs when they pop up, but his guard is down and out. Crazy powers or not, Giorno is his friend, so he doesn't fear for his own life as he should.]

You think that might be why?

[Not getting angry often, or bottling your emotions...

It can often lead to a messy explosion of sorts.]

[digiorno]

i suppose it might be

still, it's better than the alternative

i'm not in a position where honesty about anything is a good idea, much less honesty about my worst self

[moneyballer]

[On one hand, he knows the feeling. Coming clean about your worst truths is not a simple feat, and he has yet to conquer it. Will anyone be left when he does? It's hard to shake off that fear.

Still, there are too many things he is used to being honest about. Honesty has done him more harm than good, no? So perhaps this approach will work for Giorno too.]

Awwww, c'mon!

You're being honest with me right now, aren'tcha? About me 'n Jin, 'n well...

You.

[digiorno]

[Is he?]

[He considers this, and realizes it's true. He didn't intend for the conversation to turn around to him, but it did, and so seamlessly, too. On the one hand he doesn't like it at all, and on the other hand he's a little impressed by Asher's ability to get him talking. Dangerous.]

i didn't realize i was being honest, frankly

but in retrospect i suppose i was
am
whatever

[Well. If honesty's the game--]

you're a strange person to me, i think, because you feel so inherently trustworthy that i distrust it
you're so free of artifice that i have to assume you've got some game going
a stupid paradox

[. . .]

jin trusts you, though

[moneyballer]

[Inherently trustworthy?

Those are not the first words his classmates would use to describe him. It means a whole damn lot to him to be described that way, actually...]

I've got no reason to be messin' with ya, G.

Besides, I'm pretty sure if I was, you'd just mess me up.

[That much is true, however.

He's more perceptive than one would initially believe.]

[digiorno]

[Oh. Well--that is very perceptive. Enough that it makes Giorno laugh, honestly, which surprises him.]

well you're not wrong
even if it would make jin sad, nobody messes with me with impunity

some people don't need a reason, though
to hurt others

[moneyballer]

Nah, I got that.

[cue a disgruntled sigh]

This team's full of psychos.

[Some people don't need a good reason, for them, it may simply be a matter of having fun.]

You just don't seem like that type of guy.

Like you're not gonna fuck with somebody for the sake of just fuckin' with somebody, unless they're a dick. Or a vag, or...

[bitch

why did u just not say

bitch????]

wutever alien dingly dong they got down there lol

[A S H E R]

[digiorno]

[Honestly, he doesn't know what he's more astonished by: the assertion that he seems like a reasonable human being, or--]

alien dingly dong???????

[LIKE HE GETS THE MEANING, BUT WHY WOULD YOU SAY IT LIKE THAT]

[moneyballer]

[Less so reasonable, more that he has his reasons.]

idk man i don't wanna think about ET's junk

[YOU??????????

YOU BROUGHT I T UP]

[digiorno]

THEN WHY DID YOU START TALKING ABOUT ALIEN DINGLY DONGS

[moneyballer]

like, i get that he's in a kid's movie n all

[No??? Stop this conversation-]

but can our extraterrestrial homie like, y'know

get it on?

[ S T O P

DON'T ASK A MAFIA TEEN QUESTIONS YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED AN ANSWER TO]

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[digiorno]

[stop this]

all living organisms procreate either sexually or asexually

[STOP]

so it depends on how his species procreates

[STOP]

i don't have enough information to provide a good answer to this question