[This is already more feelings talk than Leo is usually able to personally tolerate - the fact that he hasn’t broken down and written the whole conversation as a joke yet is a big step for him! But it’s easier when the topic is people he loves - easier after everything that’s happened to him to be open about this.]
It hurts, but also if I didn’t have that, if I didn’t miss them… that’d feel pretty lonely. Like there’s no one there for me, back home. It’d just be empty.
And uh… kinda selfish to think this way, but… I hope they’d miss me, too.
[He does actually feel guilty when he says that, and it comes through the emotion connection. He didn’t want to, but he left his family behind; if they missed him, it’s just more pain he’s causing him.]
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[This is already more feelings talk than Leo is usually able to personally tolerate - the fact that he hasn’t broken down and written the whole conversation as a joke yet is a big step for him! But it’s easier when the topic is people he loves - easier after everything that’s happened to him to be open about this.]
It hurts, but also if I didn’t have that, if I didn’t miss them… that’d feel pretty lonely. Like there’s no one there for me, back home. It’d just be empty.
And uh… kinda selfish to think this way, but… I hope they’d miss me, too.
[He does actually feel guilty when he says that, and it comes through the emotion connection. He didn’t want to, but he left his family behind; if they missed him, it’s just more pain he’s causing him.]