[Part of her wants to accuse him of being willfully obtuse. She knows what he would do – in any encounter where circumstances be damned.
What she meant, what she tried to suggest...was more along the lines of what ifs, maybe, but she felt it was sound to consider such scnarios. What if you have to make an enemy an ally, if only temporarily? Beating Doppio to a pulp is probably well-deserved, but she can't justify doing it beyond some very small sense of satisfaction. It reminds her a little of how Giorno acted when Steve was killed, and how she couldn't see revenge for revenge's sake serving him at all, not really.
But Bruno isn't the type to be blinded by emotion. Bruno was already resolved to keep enemies as enemies, and that's clearly not something he will budge on.
However, it still stings to think that Bruno believes she was manipulated, when Doppio didn't set any of these terms. It was her. All of the decisions were hers, and even if it hurts to own up to that, it's maddening and embarrassing to be absolved of some blame by virtue of naivety. It's proof Bruno really is holding back, especially when after all this, the thing he is...
Is disappointed.
It's impossible to hide how her cheeks burn a blotchy pink of shame, and she tucks her chin in her ruff, winding her arms tighter around her middle. There's a lot she could say, about how a dialogue between either party is impossible if it's not through her, the way Doppio spoke – but Giorno's name has her look to Bruno very, very tentatively, all further arguments dying on her tongue.]
...What are you going to tell them? Giorno and Fugo.
[Bruno is one thing, but he's still a newer presence.
Her slow rapport with the boys...would it dissolve in an instant from something like this? Bruno says they're all allies, but to Trish that denotes standing on equal ground. Giorno even asked for something akin to a sort of partnership in maintaining their life here a few weeks ago. It's something she wasn't about to refuse, but it's still hard sometimes to think of herself as something as influential as an ally when she feels like a burden most days. Even if it's different here, she was a nobody and they were all gangsters, once upon a time. What's changed besides their bodies, really?]
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What she meant, what she tried to suggest...was more along the lines of what ifs, maybe, but she felt it was sound to consider such scnarios. What if you have to make an enemy an ally, if only temporarily? Beating Doppio to a pulp is probably well-deserved, but she can't justify doing it beyond some very small sense of satisfaction. It reminds her a little of how Giorno acted when Steve was killed, and how she couldn't see revenge for revenge's sake serving him at all, not really.
But Bruno isn't the type to be blinded by emotion. Bruno was already resolved to keep enemies as enemies, and that's clearly not something he will budge on.
However, it still stings to think that Bruno believes she was manipulated, when Doppio didn't set any of these terms. It was her. All of the decisions were hers, and even if it hurts to own up to that, it's maddening and embarrassing to be absolved of some blame by virtue of naivety. It's proof Bruno really is holding back, especially when after all this, the thing he is...
Is disappointed.
It's impossible to hide how her cheeks burn a blotchy pink of shame, and she tucks her chin in her ruff, winding her arms tighter around her middle. There's a lot she could say, about how a dialogue between either party is impossible if it's not through her, the way Doppio spoke – but Giorno's name has her look to Bruno very, very tentatively, all further arguments dying on her tongue.]
...What are you going to tell them? Giorno and Fugo.
[Bruno is one thing, but he's still a newer presence.
Her slow rapport with the boys...would it dissolve in an instant from something like this? Bruno says they're all allies, but to Trish that denotes standing on equal ground. Giorno even asked for something akin to a sort of partnership in maintaining their life here a few weeks ago. It's something she wasn't about to refuse, but it's still hard sometimes to think of herself as something as influential as an ally when she feels like a burden most days. Even if it's different here, she was a nobody and they were all gangsters, once upon a time. What's changed besides their bodies, really?]