[stahn is firm in that much. even if his voices cracks and breaks under the weight of his feelings.]
Hugo... Hugo would have done all of those things with or without you there. He used you... he took advantage of what mattered most to you. That's...
I can't blame you for that. None of us do. [still, he can't bring himself to look up at leon right now.
normally, stahn would look him in the eye and reaffirm that with a confident gaze—he can't do that, though. instead, he's trying to use his forearm to wipe away the tears he doesn't want leon to see.
not that there's much point in hiding them when they both know he's crying right now, this isn't anything new to them when things get bad.]
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[stahn is firm in that much. even if his voices cracks and breaks under the weight of his feelings.]
Hugo... Hugo would have done all of those things with or without you there. He used you... he took advantage of what mattered most to you. That's...
I can't blame you for that. None of us do. [still, he can't bring himself to look up at leon right now.
normally, stahn would look him in the eye and reaffirm that with a confident gaze—he can't do that, though. instead, he's trying to use his forearm to wipe away the tears he doesn't want leon to see.
not that there's much point in hiding them when they both know he's crying right now, this isn't anything new to them when things get bad.]