[ He knows that that explanation is the most likely one, but still... there's something so disconcerting in knowing that they're being kept alive for some nefarious reason that they're not privy to.
"For profit" is also something that rings badly, so Atsushi shakes his head, as if he wants to ward those thoughts away. ]
If so... that's not something we should forgive. We're not property... it's not right, for them to treat us that way.
I don't know if anyone's gotten any closer to the truth, but... I hope we do. And I hope we bring people like that to justice.
[ Disconcerting as it was, Giorno isn't going to act like any of it surprises him, after all he did say it. Not to mention, it was pretty obvious and explains things the best. Though Atsushi's sentiments about others working to uncover the secrets about this place were really what they should focus on and take away from all of this. ]
Whatever there is to learn about this place, it won't be easy to uncover. There are sure to be a fair number of false leads.
[ He's not belittling Atsushi but given the population and the magnitude of this "problem", he doubts it'd be anything he has dealt with previously. ]
But I, too, hope that whatever the truth is that we can uncover it and those who are truly responsible for everything are dealt with properly.
[ Careful, Giorno— Atsushi might be able to hear the Araki bold in that last sentiment!?
But it's true: as much as everyone's been scrambling for some sort of ideas about what to do, Atsushi doesn't know if they're any closer to a universal truth than they were months ago. It's humbling, to say the least.
Positive thinking is relatively key, though, so he tries to keep that in mind as he pushes a branch out of the way for Giorno to duck under. ]
Hearing that is heartening enough. Thank you, Giorno-san.
[ He assumes that Giorno is?? Older than him, possibly...? He can't tell, okay. ]
Oh, and...! I've heard that our worlds definitely aren't really destroyed, so— please don't worry about that, I think.
[ With Atsushi pushing the branch out of the way, he'll easily duck under it and keep walking forward. Araki bold or not, he means what he says. Especially when Atsushi gives him the next bit of news.
Of course, Giorno will be polite not and question the uncertainty in Atsushi's language and instead will just ask for clarity. If their worlds are not really destroyed then that's good news. Relative good news given what Giorno knows about what happens to a few of his friends. (""friends"") ]
What do you mean by that? About what you said our worlds not being really destroyed.
[ If this is another lie, he's going to need a book to write down the number of times he has been lied to. Also this place is not earning themselves any sort of brownie points for themselves. ]
They did also say that these bodies that we're in are not our true bodies but data copies of them. [ Or something like that? Technology wasn't this advance but at least the ideas existed in science fiction so it wasn't impossible for him to grasp. Granted, grasping an idea was not the same as understanding it. ]
If our worlds are really safe from harm, then it really only makes them bringing us here more nefarious. [ Or... ]
Or a bit bittersweet, if we truly are just copies.
[ His tone softens a bit not because he's sad himself but more as to soften the blow and possibility to Atsushi. Think about it, if they were lying about their worlds about being destroyed but telling the truth about them being copies then wouldn't that mean their real selves were still back home? Living the lives they were not?
It's...paradoxical. Complicated. A bit disheartening. However, Giorno doesn't seemed to be that put out by the possibility. If anything, he seems a bit angry? ]
Aha... that sort of thing is a little too complicated for me to wrap my mind around, I think.
[ He says this with no real amount of self-deprecation, because it's just a fact: he's not really the brains of any operation, he won't pretend to be. ]
But if that's true, I guess... even if I am just a copy, it's fine. As long as I'm back in my world somewhere, and doing what I should be doing.
[ It's a strange thought, but he's never been particularly too good at valuing himself over the things that make him useful to someone else. ]
[ Why is Giorno surrounded by people who don't value themselves? Like, what is wrong with all of you?? It's only thing to confess not being the brightest; that was fine. Not everyone was capable of being the brains of an operation and heaven knows that Narancia needed as much help as possible sometimes.
But to see oneself as something not worthy when there were things that were respectable was an entirely different story. ]
The "you" that is here and speaking with me is also important. [ There's a certain weight to his voice when he replies. A certain JoJo weight. ]
There is no difference between the two situations.
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"For profit" is also something that rings badly, so Atsushi shakes his head, as if he wants to ward those thoughts away. ]
If so... that's not something we should forgive. We're not property... it's not right, for them to treat us that way.
I don't know if anyone's gotten any closer to the truth, but... I hope we do. And I hope we bring people like that to justice.
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Whatever there is to learn about this place, it won't be easy to uncover. There are sure to be a fair number of false leads.
[ He's not belittling Atsushi but given the population and the magnitude of this "problem", he doubts it'd be anything he has dealt with previously. ]
But I, too, hope that whatever the truth is that we can uncover it and those who are truly responsible for everything are dealt with properly.
[ """dealt with""" ]
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But it's true: as much as everyone's been scrambling for some sort of ideas about what to do, Atsushi doesn't know if they're any closer to a universal truth than they were months ago. It's humbling, to say the least.
Positive thinking is relatively key, though, so he tries to keep that in mind as he pushes a branch out of the way for Giorno to duck under. ]
Hearing that is heartening enough. Thank you, Giorno-san.
[ He assumes that Giorno is?? Older than him, possibly...? He can't tell, okay. ]
Oh, and...! I've heard that our worlds definitely aren't really destroyed, so— please don't worry about that, I think.
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Of course, Giorno will be polite not and question the uncertainty in Atsushi's language and instead will just ask for clarity. If their worlds are not really destroyed then that's good news. Relative good news given what Giorno knows about what happens to a few of his friends. (""friends"") ]
What do you mean by that? About what you said our worlds not being really destroyed.
[ If this is another lie, he's going to need a book to write down the number of times he has been lied to. Also this place is not earning themselves any sort of brownie points for themselves. ]
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[ Yeah, it makes no sense to him, either. ]
So if something like that is possible... they can't really have destroyed our worlds, right?
[ Or those experiences are a lie, but it didn't seem that way. He frowns, a little perplexed by his own statements. ]
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If our worlds are really safe from harm, then it really only makes them bringing us here more nefarious. [ Or... ]
Or a bit bittersweet, if we truly are just copies.
[ His tone softens a bit not because he's sad himself but more as to soften the blow and possibility to Atsushi. Think about it, if they were lying about their worlds about being destroyed but telling the truth about them being copies then wouldn't that mean their real selves were still back home? Living the lives they were not?
It's...paradoxical. Complicated. A bit disheartening. However, Giorno doesn't seemed to be that put out by the possibility. If anything, he seems a bit angry? ]
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[ He says this with no real amount of self-deprecation, because it's just a fact: he's not really the brains of any operation, he won't pretend to be. ]
But if that's true, I guess... even if I am just a copy, it's fine. As long as I'm back in my world somewhere, and doing what I should be doing.
[ It's a strange thought, but he's never been particularly too good at valuing himself over the things that make him useful to someone else. ]
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But to see oneself as something not worthy when there were things that were respectable was an entirely different story. ]
The "you" that is here and speaking with me is also important. [ There's a certain weight to his voice when he replies. A certain JoJo weight. ]
There is no difference between the two situations.