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"I am not interested in speaking with you. Stop pestering me."

[ Wow, what a friendly person you're trying to contact on this fine day!! ]

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[He doesn't mean to be obtuse, he just...really doesn't get it.]

... Speak more plainly, then. What do you mean?

[mombastic]

Well... if cooking is more relaxing for you, I suppose. You know, when you do things also because you like how it makes you feel?

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[N...o....]

Is that so... [...]

Yes, well, I suppose it isn't a chore, if anything.

[mombastic]

Then it really might be something you enjoy! I'm glad you found something new.

[ Maybe he'll remember how to be sixteen eventually. ]

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[............. mom pls.]

I fail to see why it matters in the least to you what I do in my free time. Or whether or not it is... enjoyable.

[mombastic]

Because I care.

[ Is that really so hard to understand? ]

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[...y....es.....]

... Even so, I do not need you concerning yourself with every aspect of my life. That sounds tiresome. [For Otome, that is...]

[mombastic]

Does it? It's really not that hard.

[ Sorry, Leon. She's going to keep wanting to learn more. ]

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[And he just sighs a little, wearily.]

... I think we have already established that what is familiar to you is... strange...to me. In many ways.

But fine. Do what you want.

[mombastic]

It's new to you. It just means you'll have time to get used to it.

[ And yes she will!! ]

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[..........]

Time... is not something that I--

[...thought he had much of, now.]

--never mind.

[mombastic]

While you're here, you have time. And we'll figure something out beyond that.

[ Sorry, Leon, their group has a bit of trying to not let people stay dead. ]

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[Figure something out beyond that... but he doesn't really...deserve...]

... I suppose I do have time while I am here.

[He won't touch the rest.]

I will make of that what I can, if nothing else.

[mombastic]

... It'll be all right. I'll do what I can to help.

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[... Perhaps he should flail it away. Perhaps he should deny her, and say that he can handle it himself.

But the thought Stahn put into his head is still there--that maybe, one day, if it could possibly work... he could go with Otome.

And he can't in good faith deny her then.]

... Do what you want. It is not as though... I have any intentions of stopping you.

[mombastic]

It'll make things easier for the both of us, then. [ But she'll have to talk to Hiro and Saiduq, possibly, see if it's indeed possible to find a way to bring Leon into a world not his own.

He's definitely worth fighting for. ]

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Would that...

[A beat.

He hesitates.

This is...surprisingly difficult to breach the subject now.]

[mombastic]

Hm...?

[ It's okay, she'll listen. ]

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No... never mind it.

[Just now... just yet, he's not prepared to ask.

Not if she would be willing to bring him home with her.]

[mombastic]

Whenever you say that, it only makes me wonder if there's something heavy on your mind...

[ She'll be truthful here. Leon hesitates when it comes to the more personal thoughts, she knows. ]

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There... may be, yes. But it is not something that I believe should be shared.

[...Yet.

But at least he's being kind of honest now.]

[mombastic]

... All right. But if you ever do need to share it, you know where to find me.

[ She won't press any more than that. ]

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...Yes, I do.

[And he'll leave it...at that.

For now, it's enough to know that she'll listen when he's ready--but that she won't push until then.]