[it's okay, atsushi. it really does make stahn immeasurably happy to hear someone speak so highly of leon. it's refreshing in every way. finally—someone else who gets it!]

He says that a lot, doesn't he? But I think at the end of it all, he really doesn't want to see anyone get hurt.

[okay, so maybe that's overestimating leon a bit and giving him the benefit of the doubt in ways he shouldn't. leon still can be very ruthless and honest to the point of hurtfulness. and he had betrayed stahn and their other friends, much as stahn himself refuses to see it in that light.]

I know no matter what he says... or how he acts, that he's a good person. He's strong and he's smart... eheheh... I think he's pretty amazing. [okay stahn, you can probably chill your leon boner for like, three seconds here.]

Even if things are tough right now, I'm happy there's someone else who thinks that way about Leon.