He wasn't expecting Hiro to give him even that much, somehow. But it's...almost a peace-offering, it feels like. Hiro learned more from Leon than Leon ever intended to give, but now the scales are a little more balanced--perhaps it's something like that.
But it does strike a chord with him. He can remember what Stahn had looked like when he'd seen Leon again for the first time--and sometimes, even now, he catches that look on his face and in his eyes. The pained, distressed look of someone who is completely agonized by what happened to Leon.
The look of someone who was left behind, just as Leon had said before.
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He wasn't expecting Hiro to give him even that much, somehow. But it's...almost a peace-offering, it feels like. Hiro learned more from Leon than Leon ever intended to give, but now the scales are a little more balanced--perhaps it's something like that.
But it does strike a chord with him. He can remember what Stahn had looked like when he'd seen Leon again for the first time--and sometimes, even now, he catches that look on his face and in his eyes. The pained, distressed look of someone who is completely agonized by what happened to Leon.
The look of someone who was left behind, just as Leon had said before.
He glances away, somewhat guiltily.
Pretty weird....]
...Of course not.
[It's not weird at all.]
Isn't that only to be expected?