[ Ah. It's time for the silence to inch by on Otome's end, if just because she's thinking. So there was something. Something Leon may not have entirely come to terms with, that she had touched upon not as gently as she would have preferred. ]

... I don't understand. I also don't intend to ask, until you're willing to tell me.

But I still believe what I said. His fear of you must have been entirely against his will.

[ Stahn didn't seem like the sort to be afraid of someone like Leon, and Leon's worry for him? There was a bond there, she's certain of it. ]