[Bruno waits, expecting a fight out Abbacchio about it. Even with Bruno laying out his reason why he went along with Giorno's manipulation, he expected a fight. They'd never agree on it and would just go in circles until one of them redirected the conversation because neither one would walk away from the other. Instead, Abbacchio just looks at him in a long moment of silence. And it is a long moment between the two of them, Bruno patiently waiting for Abbacchio first to summon a storm of anger to push back and then just for him to say anything at all. But Abbacchio looks away and whatever he might have been planning to say in his head when Bruno started speaking isn't there when he does finally speak.]
[Bruno draws a slow breath and lets it out on a quiet sigh. Bruno may have a problem of throwing himself too much into others, but Abbacchio has the opposite of excising himself as much as possible. It always seems to take him by complete and utter surprise, regardless of his promises to Bruno, that Bruno would want him there or places any value in him.]
Isn't it? You want me to talk to someone, but...
[He places a hand on Abbacchio's arm. This time when he speaks, he's calm and even, but it's not a veneer of denial. He simply sounds tired.]
I don't know what set you off tonight. It honestly doesn't matter. What matters is you didn't send someone else. [Bruno takes his hand back, resting it on the railing again.] Besides, I wouldn't have said most of what I have to anyone else. Regardless of whether or not they need me to fix things, you know as well as I do they couldn't sit and listen to any of that. They sure as hell wouldn't have been stubborn enough to make me say it in the first place.
[But in all seriousness, as much as they want Bruno to open up, they couldn't stand to hear any of it. In some ways, they do need Bruno still to be as steady as he's always been. He can't be entirely what he once was--it's something he has to learn to cope with as do the others--but they still need him to be reliable and know he's there to fall back on if things get desperate. And ultimately, they wouldn't understand either. There are parts of what Bruno's been through that no one can understand.]
[Abbacchio, however, is able to wait Bruno out. As always, he's pushed and challenged Bruno that the others couldn't have. Bruno thinks if anyone else in the gang had found out the truth, Abbacchio would have been able to handle it. He wouldn't have liked it, but he'd set it aside and kept focused. He'd struggle with it later, but not in the moment. And now... Well, now they're not all that different. They're on far more equal footing than they ever have been in the past with the both of them struggling to find their places within the larger framework. But they know at least one place they belong. So, it's easier with Abbacchio. Easier than it is with Giorno, Mista, or anyone else that might try to talk to him because he shares an understanding with Abbacchio that simply isn't there with the others. Bruno folds his arms again on the railing and leans on it, looking out over the water.]
It's not completely about you, but it's not completely about me either. Whatever happens from this point forward... [Bruno shakes his head a little.] We're in it together, Leone.
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[Bruno draws a slow breath and lets it out on a quiet sigh. Bruno may have a problem of throwing himself too much into others, but Abbacchio has the opposite of excising himself as much as possible. It always seems to take him by complete and utter surprise, regardless of his promises to Bruno, that Bruno would want him there or places any value in him.]
Isn't it? You want me to talk to someone, but...
[He places a hand on Abbacchio's arm. This time when he speaks, he's calm and even, but it's not a veneer of denial. He simply sounds tired.]
I don't know what set you off tonight. It honestly doesn't matter. What matters is you didn't send someone else. [Bruno takes his hand back, resting it on the railing again.] Besides, I wouldn't have said most of what I have to anyone else. Regardless of whether or not they need me to fix things, you know as well as I do they couldn't sit and listen to any of that. They sure as hell wouldn't have been stubborn enough to make me say it in the first place.
[But in all seriousness, as much as they want Bruno to open up, they couldn't stand to hear any of it. In some ways, they do need Bruno still to be as steady as he's always been. He can't be entirely what he once was--it's something he has to learn to cope with as do the others--but they still need him to be reliable and know he's there to fall back on if things get desperate. And ultimately, they wouldn't understand either. There are parts of what Bruno's been through that no one can understand.]
[Abbacchio, however, is able to wait Bruno out. As always, he's pushed and challenged Bruno that the others couldn't have. Bruno thinks if anyone else in the gang had found out the truth, Abbacchio would have been able to handle it. He wouldn't have liked it, but he'd set it aside and kept focused. He'd struggle with it later, but not in the moment. And now... Well, now they're not all that different. They're on far more equal footing than they ever have been in the past with the both of them struggling to find their places within the larger framework. But they know at least one place they belong. So, it's easier with Abbacchio. Easier than it is with Giorno, Mista, or anyone else that might try to talk to him because he shares an understanding with Abbacchio that simply isn't there with the others. Bruno folds his arms again on the railing and leans on it, looking out over the water.]
It's not completely about you, but it's not completely about me either. Whatever happens from this point forward... [Bruno shakes his head a little.] We're in it together, Leone.