Leon Magnus | Stahn Aileron | 071

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[this is a catch-all for boyfriends

here's a list

- ice cream ✓
- seasickness
- stahn sacrifice ✓
- reunion: judas ✓
- taming stahn's hair ✓
- piggyback rides ✓
- just imagine
- family dinner
- why is there pow hammer
- possessive leon
- apologies
- post-barbatos afterlife meeting
- AND MORE]

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I know... it's different for us in that way. It's... a long time. A really long time but...

[he gives a bit of a nod.] Times like this, it feels like no time at all has passed.

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... Is that for the better?

[That it feels like no time has passed?]

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It nice not to feel as old as I am sometimes...

[he acts his age a lot more now that there are so many kids to take care of, after all. he doesn't feel old, but he's not what he was at nineteen.]

Besides...it says something good about us as friends, doesn't it?

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[He's quiet for a moment at that, but... he really honestly thinks that Stahn's right.

It does, and...he's glad for it.]

... I suppose it does.

[He's grateful for that. Their friendship... in a lot of ways, some things really never changed.]

Though I think that speaks more to the sort of person you are than me.

[Stahn had 18 years to change, and yet here they are.]

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...Do you think so?

[stahn's not really sure he understands what judas means by that, honestly. stahn would imagine that their friendship was just one that had been very secure despite the time that had passed.

he doesn't really attribute himself to anything about that at all. they're just... friends.]

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... I do.

It means that even after 18 years... you are still you.

[Quite frankly...that's just how Judas sees it, and he's fine with that.

Stahn should always be Stahn.]

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Well... who else would I be?

[stahn laughs a little... did judas think he would really change that much? stahn has a hard time imagining changing significantly, he doesn't think he has at all aside from getting older.]

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... You said it yourself.

Eighteen years is a long time.

[He's just saying...it could've happened.

But it didn't.]

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It is, but... I can't be anyone but myself. A lot may have changed, but I'm still just me, because that's all I can be.

[stahn is stahn, that's for sure.]

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[... Honestly.

Stahn's so simple sometimes.

(It's nice to see that after everything, he's still Stahn.)]

So it would seem. Perhaps I was simply overthinking it.

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[well, at least for that, judas will get a grin.]

That's right! I'm always just going to be me... so as long as you're you, some things will never change.

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[... Okay that might be a little too simple though.]

... Even so, I do believe I've changed a great deal.

[Recently, especially, but... kind of a lot in general.]

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You did. But.... you're still you. No matter much you've changed, I can still see the ways you're the same.

[and stahn doesn't mean that in a superficial way. he means at his core, he sees the person who was born emilio and still is emilio to this day, even though so much else has changed, including his identity.]

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[... Is that supposed to be a good thing? He's really not sure. Judas is pretty sure that if he met his past self now, he'd hate him.

On the other hand, Stahn has already done more than enough reassuring on this trip already, and it's only just begun.]

... I see. I suppose it is only to be expected that... not everything will change. [Despite his best efforts.]

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Of course not!　We're still us, right? Even if a lot of things change... we're still best friends. And the things that make us best friends won't change.

[because that runs deeper than just names or circumstances, the way stahn sees it.]

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[Jeeze, Stahn!!! Nobody asked you to be this cute and sappy!!!

Judas is just going to be quiet in response for a moment before he finishes up his lunch portion and shakes his head.]

We should keep going.

[(he's embarrassed)]

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Why are you in such a rush!

[he knows why.]

We'll still make it to a good place to camp in time, we shouldn't push too hard. [not letting judas get away with this, apparently.]

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Even if we do have time, that does not mean that we should needlessly dilly-dally.

[So there!!!!

(No, he's still just embarrassed.)]

Lingering doesn't help anyone.

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Still, we don't want to tire ourselves out too early, right?

[he's finishing up his food... and then flopping back onto the grass to look at some passing clouds.

fight him, judas.]

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[...... he'll fight him!!!

... Except he won't. Still, Judas does get up with a sigh, shaking his head. He isn't used to traveling at such a leisurely pace. As Leon, it was always missions--and then as Judas, it was even more pressing.

So this is hard.]

I'm going to take a look around then.

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Don't go too far, there could still be monsters around.

[says stahn, lying in the grass without a care in the world. he could just demand judas chill, but he respects that space he probably wants. it's good to just take some time to soak in the sun and the fresh air anyway, stahn thinks. maybe it'll help judas relax a bit?]

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[Judas just waves a hand at that--he won't. He knows better by now, even if he's been lone wolf enough to think he can probably handle it.

Still, he won't put Stahn through that stress.

So he's going to go ahead and just start on a circular loop of the area--nothing particularly distant, though out of Stahn's sight--and take a look around. He's not expecting to find anything, but at the very least, he can keep himself busy this way.]

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[stahn will remain that way for a bit, but ... really, it's not as relaxing alone. judas isn't in his line of sight, and while he knows there's hardly any danger to it, he still...

well, he feels uneasy, like he'll somehow disappear this way.

so he'll push himself to his feet, seeking out judas.]

It's a good place to clear your head, isn't it?

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[Poor Stahn.

Judas wasn't expecting him to join him so quickly, and he isn't aware that it's because he felt uneasy--so he just gives a vague, easy shrug in response.]

It is peaceful enough, yes. I have no issues with this place.

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That's good.

[stahn breathes out a somewhat quiet sigh; it's definitely relieving to find judas still here, even if it's probably a ridiculous thing to worry about in the first place.]

I like to do this. To just... take in the air and clear my head.