[Giorno doesn't have to say the rest to know what the alternative was. Bruno considers this quietly. How many times had Giorno watched him die before he chose to let him go? It's hard to know for certain. He's not going to ask either. But he can guess the number was probably fairly high. Giorno is sometimes too stubborn for his own good and even with the thought that Bruno had walked away...]
[I should have. How many times has Giorno said that to himself since everything that's happened? Another thing Bruno won't ask about, but is absolutely sure is astronomical. It's a little better at least than what he might have said before. he doesn't leave it there or worse, start apologizing. What's done is done and there's no point is twisting himself up over it.]
[Bruno shakes his head a little.]
You needed time. There's nothing wrong in that. And in any case, I'm glad to hear it from you rather than someone else even if it wasn't right away.
[Abbacchio's abrupt need to talk about things made more sense with this information. He didn't get it from Giorno, but Izabel. There's a brief flicker of a faint smile. Stellina, what is he going to do with you?]
How is she holding up? I haven't heard from her in a couple of weeks now.
[Which may mean she is more actively avoiding Bruno (and he couldn't blame her after what she must have witnessed again and again) if she was talking to Abbacchio rather than directly to Bruno, but it could also mean nothing. He'd rather check (because he doubts Giorno has left her on her own) and be certain of whether or not she needs space and time than push her. Erring on the side of caution and all of that.]
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[Giorno doesn't have to say the rest to know what the alternative was. Bruno considers this quietly. How many times had Giorno watched him die before he chose to let him go? It's hard to know for certain. He's not going to ask either. But he can guess the number was probably fairly high. Giorno is sometimes too stubborn for his own good and even with the thought that Bruno had walked away...]
[I should have. How many times has Giorno said that to himself since everything that's happened? Another thing Bruno won't ask about, but is absolutely sure is astronomical. It's a little better at least than what he might have said before. he doesn't leave it there or worse, start apologizing. What's done is done and there's no point is twisting himself up over it.]
[Bruno shakes his head a little.]
You needed time. There's nothing wrong in that. And in any case, I'm glad to hear it from you rather than someone else even if it wasn't right away.
[Abbacchio's abrupt need to talk about things made more sense with this information. He didn't get it from Giorno, but Izabel. There's a brief flicker of a faint smile. Stellina, what is he going to do with you?]
How is she holding up? I haven't heard from her in a couple of weeks now.
[Which may mean she is more actively avoiding Bruno (and he couldn't blame her after what she must have witnessed again and again) if she was talking to Abbacchio rather than directly to Bruno, but it could also mean nothing. He'd rather check (because he doubts Giorno has left her on her own) and be certain of whether or not she needs space and time than push her. Erring on the side of caution and all of that.]