[it's probably a good thing he doesn't argue it, because it would raise a whole lot of questions that are probably better left unasked for the time being.]

Well... I don't even know if there's any way that could stop being true. But... I promise you Leon—that I won't change and be someone else.

[which is a strange promise to make, but he feels like he needs to. will that help leon somehow? will it somehow assuage some kind of worry that he could change and be some unrecognizable person one day?

stahn isn't sure of that much, but he's pretty sure he'll never be anyone but himself, and that the person he is at his core will never change, so... there's that.]