I couldn't just... not help. I was stuck too, but...

[he sighs a little. he really doesn't get what this makes him an idiot.]

She was defenseless, I couldn't just let her risk things when she didn't know what was happening. It wasn't real anyway, right? [it's not like he feels good about having been petrified again. that feeling is honestly awful and kind of scary, even if he bore it with a smile while it happened.] I'm okay, Leon.