[Trish flinches very visibly, crossing her arms almost protectively over her middle.]
...It wasn't only about me. I know that much.
[They bled for something greater, didn't they? It was about what they believed in, and she happened to be caught in the midst. Bruno would have saved her regardless of who she was, because he knew what was happening was wrong, and that was enough for him. It wasn't enough for anyone else, and if she had gone with the capo Pericolo mentioned originally...she's certain she would have died a forgotten girl at San Giorgio Maggiore's. That was her fate up until the very moment she woke up on a boat gently listing across the canal, bleary eyes adjusting to a setting sun.
Still, it was also a forgone gambit the moment Bruno betrayed the boss too. There's no way they weren't going to suffer for it. Narancia and Abbacchio and Bruno himself all died to uphold that decision.
Is she kind then, or a fool? Bruno has been brutally honest so far, but she wonders if he's holding back his tongue the barest amount, or if her foolishness is a fact unspoken. Whatever the case, she tries to maintain what calm she has left, the temptation to leave abruptly growing stronger the more she wilts under his steely gaze.]
Some months ago...I was taken to a place no one could find unless they happened to be taken too. Doppio was there with me. How do you account for that, Bucciarati? If I'm alone with the enemy anyway, what do I do then?
[The dollhouse was fortunate, because the little girl manipulating the space she'd trapped them in didn't allow fighting.
And Doppio was hardly a threat even when she was still human. But what if the little girl encouraged them to fight? What if it had been Diavolo? She certainly can't fight, although Bruno did tell her she would have to learn to defend herself eventually. But practice wouldn't bridge the gulf between years of experience, and she is and never will be a gangster. What if she can't be as decisive as Bruno, or Giorno, or Fugo? For everything that happened with Notorious B.I.G., it was a mindless Stand with a user long dead.]
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...It wasn't only about me. I know that much.
[They bled for something greater, didn't they? It was about what they believed in, and she happened to be caught in the midst. Bruno would have saved her regardless of who she was, because he knew what was happening was wrong, and that was enough for him. It wasn't enough for anyone else, and if she had gone with the capo Pericolo mentioned originally...she's certain she would have died a forgotten girl at San Giorgio Maggiore's. That was her fate up until the very moment she woke up on a boat gently listing across the canal, bleary eyes adjusting to a setting sun.
Still, it was also a forgone gambit the moment Bruno betrayed the boss too. There's no way they weren't going to suffer for it. Narancia and Abbacchio and Bruno himself all died to uphold that decision.
Is she kind then, or a fool? Bruno has been brutally honest so far, but she wonders if he's holding back his tongue the barest amount, or if her foolishness is a fact unspoken. Whatever the case, she tries to maintain what calm she has left, the temptation to leave abruptly growing stronger the more she wilts under his steely gaze.]
Some months ago...I was taken to a place no one could find unless they happened to be taken too. Doppio was there with me. How do you account for that, Bucciarati? If I'm alone with the enemy anyway, what do I do then?
[The dollhouse was fortunate, because the little girl manipulating the space she'd trapped them in didn't allow fighting.
And Doppio was hardly a threat even when she was still human. But what if the little girl encouraged them to fight? What if it had been Diavolo? She certainly can't fight, although Bruno did tell her she would have to learn to defend herself eventually. But practice wouldn't bridge the gulf between years of experience, and she is and never will be a gangster. What if she can't be as decisive as Bruno, or Giorno, or Fugo? For everything that happened with Notorious B.I.G., it was a mindless Stand with a user long dead.]
What would you do in a similar position?