Mm.

[as they exit the shop at head back towards the orphanage, stahn will start to explain. it's a little stilted as he tries to convey his thoughts and his feelings—something he's not always so good at doing when it comes to recounting things of this nature.]

Back then... we helped each other a lot to get through the hard things. To get through... [well, mourning leon's death, really. but he just sort of offers judas a weak smile as if to imply that; it doesn't need to be spoken aloud.]

Before we went to Dycroft, I asked if she'd come see the world with me when it was over. She didn't answer... I didn't even really hear from her much for a whole year. But after that, she said yes, and...

Well, we were together ever since. [it's definitely a summarized version, it doesn't really recount how he asked her to marry him and she initially said no, or a lot of the things in-between. but maybe it recounts what's most important, and that's that... well, judas is partially the reason for their marriage, because leon's death and trying to move past it together caused them to forge bonds that went well-beyond that of friendship.]