[Cole follows along easily enough. He'd be fine with walking around for hours, but that's neither here nor there.]
Yes. He didn't say it was you, but I thought it might be.
[The nightmare pretty much confirmed it.]
Leo isn't like that anymore, though. Not when he's awake. He remembered my memory of when I used to be like that too. I was willing to hurt and kill anyone in my way to protect my only friend, and Leo worried for me. He knew it was wrong, so he wanted to make sure I knew it was wrong, too. He's a kind person.
[He doesn't quite understand one thing, though-]
Rhys isn't the reason I became that way. He didn't tell me to do the things that I did... I caused him hurt too, without meaning to. Did you tell Leo to be a sword that puts down whatever comes between you?
[Because that's the only way he'd think of Izumi as the "reason" he was that way. But even then...]
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Yes. He didn't say it was you, but I thought it might be.
[The nightmare pretty much confirmed it.]
Leo isn't like that anymore, though. Not when he's awake. He remembered my memory of when I used to be like that too. I was willing to hurt and kill anyone in my way to protect my only friend, and Leo worried for me. He knew it was wrong, so he wanted to make sure I knew it was wrong, too. He's a kind person.
[He doesn't quite understand one thing, though-]
Rhys isn't the reason I became that way. He didn't tell me to do the things that I did... I caused him hurt too, without meaning to. Did you tell Leo to be a sword that puts down whatever comes between you?
[Because that's the only way he'd think of Izumi as the "reason" he was that way. But even then...]