[It's...her opinion. He can't deny that, but even so, his response is a bristling--]

I don't want it either way.

[Opinion. Comfort. It doesn't matter. He doesn't want it. He's fine on his own--he has to be fine, right?]

I'm fine, as I've said, and Stahn is-- [...well. Stahn is sad. But... Leon is sure he'll rebound. It's what Stahn does, right?

(It's what he needs him to do, because Leon doesn't know how to deal with a Stahn that doesn't.)] --he is too empty-headed to focus on such things for long.