[The entire journey, Leon had a few simple goals. Stop Elraine. Put things back to rights. Make sure history wasn't changed. Make sure Kyle didn't get his fool self killed. And then, he could go right back to being dead.
(Saving Stahn was...well, it was a thing he couldn't think about too hard, because there was the chance that fixing the timeline wouldn't put things entirely aright, and Leon can't handle the thought.
No, it's better if he just doesn't think about Stahn at all.)
And, with their success, he could disappear, and go right back to his rest, because after that entire added journey, he's quite frankly exhausted. The original group was so much easier to deal with than these kids (things he never thought he'd ever think), and, well... he's done his part. Now, of all times, he has to have done enough. Because now, he doesn't know what more he could possibly have done to fix the wrongs he did.
He disappears, and it's a relief--
And so he falls on his ass when he doesn't, in fact, go back to being dead and finds himself standing suddenly in a field instead. It's far from his most elegant moment, but for a moment all he can do is remain there in the dirt, staring around himself with wide eyes. This isn't right. This isn't what was supposed to happen, and when he does push himself up, brushing himself off vaguely, he doesn't really notice how the people in this quaint place are whispering and staring (and it's probably because he's still wearing the stupid dragonbone mask, isn't it... ah well, for now it'll stay).
He really has no choice but to walk, expression distinctly unamused--and, beneath it all, a little lost (what is he supposed to do now?)--and try to figure out why this place is so familiar. Of course, he doesn't really connect the pieces until he sees the orphanage; then he understands the familiarity, and realizes where he is, and then he turns on his heel immediately and abruptly to try to retreat. He can't stay here. Here, of all places, is where he can't be. He can't let Rutee recognize him. He doesn't know if Kyle would remember, or Loni, and that's unacceptable either way.
(And if this is a fixed timeline, he can't see Stahn again. He just can't, and he'd promised himself he wouldn't think about him and there he was, thinking about him.)
This is the hastiest retreat a blindingly obvious masked man has ever made, head down and shoulders hunched (and you should really look where you're going, Leon).]
judas' clothes are stupid pass it on
(Saving Stahn was...well, it was a thing he couldn't think about too hard, because there was the chance that fixing the timeline wouldn't put things entirely aright, and Leon can't handle the thought.
No, it's better if he just doesn't think about Stahn at all.)
And, with their success, he could disappear, and go right back to his rest, because after that entire added journey, he's quite frankly exhausted. The original group was so much easier to deal with than these kids (things he never thought he'd ever think), and, well... he's done his part. Now, of all times, he has to have done enough. Because now, he doesn't know what more he could possibly have done to fix the wrongs he did.
He disappears, and it's a relief--
And so he falls on his ass when he doesn't, in fact, go back to being dead and finds himself standing suddenly in a field instead. It's far from his most elegant moment, but for a moment all he can do is remain there in the dirt, staring around himself with wide eyes. This isn't right. This isn't what was supposed to happen, and when he does push himself up, brushing himself off vaguely, he doesn't really notice how the people in this quaint place are whispering and staring (and it's probably because he's still wearing the stupid dragonbone mask, isn't it... ah well, for now it'll stay).
He really has no choice but to walk, expression distinctly unamused--and, beneath it all, a little lost (what is he supposed to do now?)--and try to figure out why this place is so familiar. Of course, he doesn't really connect the pieces until he sees the orphanage; then he understands the familiarity, and realizes where he is, and then he turns on his heel immediately and abruptly to try to retreat. He can't stay here. Here, of all places, is where he can't be. He can't let Rutee recognize him. He doesn't know if Kyle would remember, or Loni, and that's unacceptable either way.
(And if this is a fixed timeline, he can't see Stahn again. He just can't, and he'd promised himself he wouldn't think about him and there he was, thinking about him.)
This is the hastiest retreat a blindingly obvious masked man has ever made, head down and shoulders hunched (and you should really look where you're going, Leon).]