[ So the thing is: Noriaki Kakyoin is not a good person. Oh, he tries to act like one. And time spent around Jotaro and Polnareff and Avdol has made him ruthless in service of their ideals instead of just cruel. But it genuinely hadn’t crossed his mind that it should matter whether ‘Sakura’ would be okay with this.

And it sounds like a lighthearted question. But it does matter. And he should think of her. He promised to remember. ]

I’ll- [ He starts, and he doesn’t move his hand away. ] -are you all right with it? That she’s important to Hierophant- to me- the way you are? If you are, it’ll be fine. She’ll understand. She’s the same as me.