"Raised Italian, at least." Giorno admitted, but the comment was soft, barely there, an avoidance of an inadvertent lie, without really calling out the change.
A small tremble started in the teen as he listened to Jonathan, almost as if he were shivering from cold, though it was pleasant enough in the area that he shouldn't be chilled. Gold Experience focused back on him then shifting somehow closer without dispersing himself, it's posture seeming more guarded than the relaxed it had been, which only now seemed relaxed by comparison.
Words were hard, and when Giorno opened his mouth it seemed like something was caught in his throat, a single ragged sounding breath happening before he cleared his throat. "Please don't get it wrong... I never knew this man. My mother met him, and was long away from him before she ever had me, I know nothing of him, or you, or the past between you. I... have no... no reason to turn away family before knowing them." It wouldn't be hard to be better than what he had before, that at least was for sure.
"I won't deny you the opportunity to be family... at the very least..." He offered a thin smile trying to hide the pain of memories bubbling up. "You genuinely sound like you would have tried, and that's... more than I've had." He managed before his throat felt tight again, more shivers shaking him.
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A small tremble started in the teen as he listened to Jonathan, almost as if he were shivering from cold, though it was pleasant enough in the area that he shouldn't be chilled. Gold Experience focused back on him then shifting somehow closer without dispersing himself, it's posture seeming more guarded than the relaxed it had been, which only now seemed relaxed by comparison.
Words were hard, and when Giorno opened his mouth it seemed like something was caught in his throat, a single ragged sounding breath happening before he cleared his throat. "Please don't get it wrong... I never knew this man. My mother met him, and was long away from him before she ever had me, I know nothing of him, or you, or the past between you. I... have no... no reason to turn away family before knowing them." It wouldn't be hard to be better than what he had before, that at least was for sure.
"I won't deny you the opportunity to be family... at the very least..." He offered a thin smile trying to hide the pain of memories bubbling up. "You genuinely sound like you would have tried, and that's... more than I've had." He managed before his throat felt tight again, more shivers shaking him.