[ elsword... even with the haze, there's something about that name that rings familiar. he doesn't linger too badly on that, opting instead to focus on add's recollection of the people precious to him. that foreign memory still sits vaguely in his mind, clear enough that he can put some semblance of an image to what add's describing.

it's nice, that add has people like that. but you know, hearing all that stuff right now? that hurts. it's a reminder, a reminder that moves the numbness, gets the feelings rising up from his stomach to choke him. he can feel his eyes wetting. ]

You're... gonna insult me right now? Clumsy ... S'not like I can get mad, though, if you say I remind you of someone important.

[ there's no bite to that, not like before. leo says it more for the sake of it, to fill the space where he should speak as he blinks back tears.

that's not really succeeding, and he puts a sleeve up to his eyes. ah, no. no. breathe, leo.

breathe. breathe.

in the ensuing silence, leo thinks there's some fragments of add that remind him of izumi. that thought gets killed immediately, painful as it is. yet, he still can't help but ask-- ]

... What do I do, Dee-dee?

[ --it's a question he might've posed sena, who he always showed his vulnerability to, but.

but-- ]