The World raises one gloved hands in a vague pantomime of a wave, a gesture that seems friendly enough in spite of the fixed frown. There's something in the gleaming figure's bearing and movements that suggests it's not simply following Dio's unspoken directions in the doing.

"Among other things, yes. But not only that." What's easier to believe, Stands or vampirism? "With the power of my Stand alongside the vampirism granted me decades ago, I imagine if I'm careful I might well live forever."

Actually he's probably going to die in another several hours if he returns home, isn't fate a bitch? "Were I, Dio, to grant you the gift of undeath, without a Stand which compliments such a thing, I could not say how long you would endure." There's a long moment's pause, as his Stand glances at him almost in askance. "I do not intend to do any such thing," he adds, almost as if prompted.