[Leon's never really thought of it as that amazing--he has a lot of pride in his position, certainly, but he doesn't necessarily find it to be something incredible. After all, anyone could do it with enough effort and focus. Leon might be a prodigy, but it's only because he's so young. If he'd accomplished what he did ten years later, nobody would have batted a single eye.
Maybe that's why Hugo was so ready to start him on swordsmanship so young.
Or maybe it was just so he'd have a tool while Leon was young and impressionable. He doesn't know, but what he does know is that there's far more to life than just a position and ability. But then--that's something Stahn's taught him as well. The fact that Stahn can treat the world so warmly, with such optimism and joy no matter what it throws at them...the fact that even despite suffering too, he can continue to be warm and giving...
That's what Leon admires and thinks is amazing, even if he can't put it into words.]
... Yes, well. [The fact that Stahn is so proud of him... it warms him and makes him embarrassed in equal measure, and he's going to just finish off his ice candy, still looking away (still plucking petals from his hair).]
This is the true test of all of what I've learned. [If he can't defeat Hugo and save Marian, then everything he's accomplished means nothing anyway.]
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Maybe that's why Hugo was so ready to start him on swordsmanship so young.
Or maybe it was just so he'd have a tool while Leon was young and impressionable. He doesn't know, but what he does know is that there's far more to life than just a position and ability. But then--that's something Stahn's taught him as well. The fact that Stahn can treat the world so warmly, with such optimism and joy no matter what it throws at them...the fact that even despite suffering too, he can continue to be warm and giving...
That's what Leon admires and thinks is amazing, even if he can't put it into words.]
... Yes, well. [The fact that Stahn is so proud of him... it warms him and makes him embarrassed in equal measure, and he's going to just finish off his ice candy, still looking away (still plucking petals from his hair).]
This is the true test of all of what I've learned. [If he can't defeat Hugo and save Marian, then everything he's accomplished means nothing anyway.]