[... No, he can't react like this. He can't sit here, dripping wet, and give into despair. When they have a world that may or may not require saving. When there are so many uncertainties hanging over their head. When Stahn is there, sounding and looking so defeated, then... Leon cannot act like this.
This isn't like him. He's Leon Magnus. He's better than this.
It takes him a brief moment longer, head still bowed, but then... he takes a breath in, and he lifts his chin. When he does, his expression is flat, and calm, and perhaps a little cold. But this was too emotional, and too emotional is dangerous. Like this, he's no good to anyone. And what he knows for certain is that regardless of the true story of this world, he has a Task.
For so long as Stahn is here, he's not where he's supposed to be--back home, saving the world. For so long as the fate of their world is up in the air, things are wrong, and he can't accept that. He has to fix it, he has to see Stahn back to his proper role as the hero of their world, and then... he can think about the rest after that. And emotions are a detriment to that. They'll just get in the way.
He has to get a grip. He can mourn Ilene and Baruk and Rembrandt later, because he knows he will. Even if in the end they chose to follow Hugo, they were still...
... Well, it doesn't matter.]
No. Don't apologize for them. [Simply. Flatly.] They lived their lives according to their own beliefs and choices. To apologize now for that would be insulting.
[... A breath, slow and slightly less steady. No... he can do this. There's nothing to this. He's fine.]
For...saving Marian... [A breath, and he continues as calmly as he can:] Stahn, I owe you a debt.
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This isn't like him. He's Leon Magnus. He's better than this.
It takes him a brief moment longer, head still bowed, but then... he takes a breath in, and he lifts his chin. When he does, his expression is flat, and calm, and perhaps a little cold. But this was too emotional, and too emotional is dangerous. Like this, he's no good to anyone. And what he knows for certain is that regardless of the true story of this world, he has a Task.
For so long as Stahn is here, he's not where he's supposed to be--back home, saving the world. For so long as the fate of their world is up in the air, things are wrong, and he can't accept that. He has to fix it, he has to see Stahn back to his proper role as the hero of their world, and then... he can think about the rest after that. And emotions are a detriment to that. They'll just get in the way.
He has to get a grip. He can mourn Ilene and Baruk and Rembrandt later, because he knows he will. Even if in the end they chose to follow Hugo, they were still...
... Well, it doesn't matter.]
No. Don't apologize for them. [Simply. Flatly.] They lived their lives according to their own beliefs and choices. To apologize now for that would be insulting.
[... A breath, slow and slightly less steady. No... he can do this. There's nothing to this. He's fine.]
For...saving Marian... [A breath, and he continues as calmly as he can:] Stahn, I owe you a debt.