[even if stahn's normally not one to startle that easy, the distraction on top of the fact that leon is more prickly than usual makes him jump a little.]
Leon— [he starts, but stahn realizes that he doesn't know what to say at all. he knows leon is agitated by being out of the loop, but it's hard to tell how much of this is related to that. a lot, probably? plus the fact that stahn's so distracted, but even still...
it's almost hard for him to remember the last time he was this snappish.
he doesn't know what he can say that will calm him down. it's hard to promise he won't get distracted again, even if he's really and honestly trying to stay completely focused. and as for the things leon doesn't know... well, how can he go explaining all of that here and now? surely, leon has to know that stahn wants to tell him everything, so he can know just what he's missed. he's a member of the swordian team, even if it was something the "assembled" after his death. he's just as much a swordian master as the rest of them, and he absolutely deserves to know what is happening to his world and the people in it. people he worked with and for, his family—this is all so important that he'd never dream of holding it back from leon.
but he can't say all of that here and now. this isn't the time or place for it, and even someone as dumb and uncultured as he can be is not so insensitive as to think that would ever be okay.
he doesn't want leon to be mad or upset over that—more so than his own distraction. he can apologize a million times for the latter and he knows that it really wouldn't be than different than their previous journey together.
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Leon— [he starts, but stahn realizes that he doesn't know what to say at all. he knows leon is agitated by being out of the loop, but it's hard to tell how much of this is related to that. a lot, probably? plus the fact that stahn's so distracted, but even still...
it's almost hard for him to remember the last time he was this snappish.
he doesn't know what he can say that will calm him down. it's hard to promise he won't get distracted again, even if he's really and honestly trying to stay completely focused. and as for the things leon doesn't know... well, how can he go explaining all of that here and now? surely, leon has to know that stahn wants to tell him everything, so he can know just what he's missed. he's a member of the swordian team, even if it was something the "assembled" after his death. he's just as much a swordian master as the rest of them, and he absolutely deserves to know what is happening to his world and the people in it. people he worked with and for, his family—this is all so important that he'd never dream of holding it back from leon.
but he can't say all of that here and now. this isn't the time or place for it, and even someone as dumb and uncultured as he can be is not so insensitive as to think that would ever be okay.
he doesn't want leon to be mad or upset over that—more so than his own distraction. he can apologize a million times for the latter and he knows that it really wouldn't be than different than their previous journey together.
everything else, though...
what is he supposed to say right now?]