[There they are, more questions. They're hurtling out of the boy's mouth still, but they do appear to have a more focused direction now. It's the last question, however, that gives Dio pause. He has no interest at all in disclosing what his Stand can do in a public setting even with the potential that Giorno knows already. Giorno is not the problem anyway, not the potential threat.]

[Then again, is there truly a threat here? The only person here capable of moving through stopped time is Dio. Here, at least, it is still his world. Even if I, Dio, have not yet taken it from Jotaro, it's still mine, he thinks bitterly, although that "yet" carries an enormous weight with it. There will come a time when he takes his rightful place with every trace of the Joestar bloodline annihilated.]

You'll have to forgive me, Merlin. I'm not often in the habit of talking about my own abilities. There aren't many of us and it isn't common knowledge, so aside from talking amongst ourselves...

[Which Dio certainly isn't in the habit of doing.]

I am what is known as a Stand user. Some might equate what we do as magic because they cannot see our Stands, but you can think of them best as guardian spirits. Each Stand is unique to its user, granting them certain abilities.