[It takes Leon a moment to respond, even as he avoids looking at her, instead staring out into the garden. Honestly? He's not good at this. He can't offer comfort, and she should've spoken to Stahn instead, or Otome. He can't really give her what she needs here, because all he knows how to do is speak what he sees as the truth.

Which is what he does now.]

You... stated that no matter how hard you tried, there was something pulling you down. That due to that, you could not break the surface.

[Lili couldn't save herself--but ironically, that's what Leon thinks makes her stronger. There's a slight, wry twist to his expression, but otherwise, he's surprisingly calm and blank.]

That means that until the end, you were fighting to live.

[It's hard to admit this even now, and he hates that he has to, but it's the truth and right now he's committed.

He's Leon Magnus, and he doesn't do things halfway, even when those things are speaking about this.]

... That makes you stronger than me, when it comes to this.

[Because Leon had just...given up. He didn't try to save himself at all, and that's the difference. And maybe... maybe he gets why Stahn gets so upset when Leon doesn't strive to live here, when he thinks of it like that, because in a lot of ways, that's being weak and running away...and maybe he should also be trying to be better.]