Leon looked toward Tollnak when he mentioned dipping his feet in the water. Leon wanted to, he honestly did, but even though Aeria knew the truth and Tollnak would be understanding, he knew the answer too well. "I can't." He muttured under his breath, looking toward the cool river when Tollnak began to speak again. When Tollnak mentioned where he came from, Leon was reminded of his origins. For a majority of his life, he lived along the poverty line, staying in government housing. Seas of gray concrete, indenture jumpsuits that debtors would wear, shitty food and defeated faces. It wasn't until the attack that he left the prisons that were debtor housing to live wherever he could be left alone, back when he had the appearance of a leper. As Tollnak continued on, Leon could feel the changing of chemicals in Tollnak's head, the rapid changing of emotion. And there it was. Tollnak believed that he was alone. Leon had no idea what happened to Tollnak's mother, though his guess was that she was no longer among the living. Had he still been deeply spiritual as he had been in his youth, he would have offered words of advice, reassuring Tollnak on the topic of death and the challenges of life, though that time had long passed,

"We all got baggage," Leon said simply, his eyes drifting from Tollnak, to Aeria, and back to him, "If you think you gotta apologize for that, you're bein' an idoit. And besides," Leon smiled softly, taking a step towards him. "We won't be ditchin' ya. You're my guinea pig, remember? And Aeria is a big ol' tsundere outcast who doesn't want to share how much she likes us idiots. Ain't that right?" Leon put his palm on Tollnak's head, contemplating giving him a surge of chemicals to give him some relief, Leon stopping before he followed through. Leon blew air out of his nose, hating that he wanted to just take the easy way out of this situation. "We've got your back, Toll," Leon decided, patting the blind boy's head, "That's what friends are for, da?"