He thinks that he's hurt you with whatever he's said. I don't know what he's said about me, but I know he told you about Jolyne. Learning about her hurt a bit for me as well, but... I wouldn't want to stop him from making sure she stays existing.

[The mug is held in his hands and he glances at the Stand with a bit of fondness in his eyes. Not the way he adores Star, but Hierophant is still a guest he's become accustomed to seeing.

He has a sip. It's incredibly delicious. Better than the hot chocolate he's had anywhere else around here, actually. Maybe a gesture of goodwill, or an apology. Whatever it might be, he won't ask.]

I think it was a lot to demand from you, learning everything as you had suddenly at once while also being terribly aware of your own situation after death, unfair and cruel as it already was. Then you find out that Jotaro has involved himself with a vampire. How could you not resent it? How could you not hate me?

[Adrian shrugs.] Would you find it strange to know that I worried for the longest time that I was simply a placeholder for you? Oh, the notion waned and I was concerned less, but I used to think about it a lot. He'd say I would remind him of you sometimes.

In any case, I don't begrudge you. Not in the least.