[Bruno makes a soft hum of acknowledgement as he takes a sip from his coffee. It's not surprising to hear. Izabel was never exactly explicit in her feelings about what happened to Bruno. At least not outside the usual "it sucks that you died" mentality. She never touched the other parts of it and it was obvious why. She's not the sort of person to shy away from uncomfortable things. The fact she tried not to talk about it as much as possible meant it unnerved Izabel.]
[But that's not the only other piece of note from what he says. Giorno's not getting involved. He's telling Bruno what he's seen and what his opinion is, but he's not trying to push Bruno or Izabel one way or the other. That is wholly new and an interesting development. And in the end, it's very little to do with anything Giorno says that he's already decided to let Izabel come to him when she's ready. It just certainly doesn't hurt to know for certain where she is right now in terms of dealing with it and readiness to speak with him again.]
[He pauses, taking another sip of his coffee and fixing Giorno with a serious look because he didn't come here to talk about Izabel.]
You know, Giorno, about what happened that night and after that... You talk about it like it was purely a bad thing, but it's not as simple as whether you did the right or wrong thing. It doesn't really matter if you want to say was right or wrong; it wasn't a cruel thing and that's all that matters. I know it's easy to look at what I went through and see it as suffering, but I didn't suffer.
And anyway, right or wrong, I'm grateful for everything you did for me. [And that's an important distinction. For. Not to.] Because of you, I was at peace when the time came. I was happy. And I can't say I've felt either of those things many times in my life.
Whether you can forgive yourself and put it behind you or not isn't up to me. That's something you'll have to work out on your own. But for now, I want you to know I don't blame or resent you for any of it. As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing to forgive.
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[But that's not the only other piece of note from what he says. Giorno's not getting involved. He's telling Bruno what he's seen and what his opinion is, but he's not trying to push Bruno or Izabel one way or the other. That is wholly new and an interesting development. And in the end, it's very little to do with anything Giorno says that he's already decided to let Izabel come to him when she's ready. It just certainly doesn't hurt to know for certain where she is right now in terms of dealing with it and readiness to speak with him again.]
[He pauses, taking another sip of his coffee and fixing Giorno with a serious look because he didn't come here to talk about Izabel.]
You know, Giorno, about what happened that night and after that... You talk about it like it was purely a bad thing, but it's not as simple as whether you did the right or wrong thing. It doesn't really matter if you want to say was right or wrong; it wasn't a cruel thing and that's all that matters. I know it's easy to look at what I went through and see it as suffering, but I didn't suffer.
And anyway, right or wrong, I'm grateful for everything you did for me. [And that's an important distinction. For. Not to.] Because of you, I was at peace when the time came. I was happy. And I can't say I've felt either of those things many times in my life.
Whether you can forgive yourself and put it behind you or not isn't up to me. That's something you'll have to work out on your own. But for now, I want you to know I don't blame or resent you for any of it. As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing to forgive.