[ leo stiffens when the question is turned around to him. there's always a degree of discomfort when his own issues are breached for whatever reason. it's an irrational feeling. this is his brother. he shouldn't be so hesitant with his brother. corrin has always had a way with people that he was never capable of...
to think it's being directed at him now, is kind of... well.
mostly he just doesn't want to come off as vulnerable. ]
It's not the same, per se. Though... I suppose the circumstances are similar in some regards.
[ slowly, leo chews on his bottom lip and brings up the images of owain and odin in his mind. they're still so similar, yet... at the same time he can definitely see where they differ. maybe that's why it's a little easier to accept that it's not really his retainer here. ]
... I met a man named Owain. He has similar speech and mannerisms as my retainer Odin. You know how he is.
[ outlandish, enthusiastic, ridiculous... ]
This Owain has dark hair and is slightly younger. He doesn't know me at all. So I really do suppose they are different people, even if I still don't believe in the possibility of meeting two people so similar in so many ways. Odin is quite... unique.
[ Of course he'd be concerned- regardless of how he tends to focus on the smaller details, that ability is coming in quite handy when he's with someone he actually knows and cares for. It also helps on not lingering on his own problems for too long- as he now well realizes, isn't a good idea if the hangover headache he's getting is anything to go by.
He listens though, and recalls Odin- he's boisterous, loud and odd from what little he recalls of his arrival. But he also knows that Leo cares for him, the same way Niles has somehow inspired the same... which is why what he says makes him look worried. ]
Woah...
[ Yeah, that's an educated response. ]
You wouldn't suppose Odin had a son, like Laslow's daughter Soleil running around here? They're pretty similar too.
[ He looks thoughtful... ]
But if he reminded you that strongly of your retainer, then there's something to consider, isn't it? Especially with how this place tends to bring people in from such different points in time...
The thought did occur to me, and I tried to confirm it. He said he was unfamiliar with anyone named Odin.
[ so... it really discourages the possibility that they may be the same person. not rule it out completely, but still.
leo squeezes his pillow closer to himself, and sighs. ]
It's fine. I am accepting the fact that I cannot apply logic to many things that happen here in this world. Perhaps I'll even learn to be impulsive like you are.
[ He can't help but feel bad for his little brother, enough to push aside the pain he's been feeling about Jakob too, at least for a bit. To have someone that familiar around, yet to not have them be who they thought they were...
It's ironic in a weird way, though he blinks at what he says next. ]
[ The comment is so pointed that it becomes amusing and enough to break the grim mood for a moment. ]
... well, you might not be entirely wrong, but I don't charge in without thinking, you know.
[ Sort of why it was so difficult to just admit to Jakob who he was... he sighs and then... ]
We'll figure it out. Even if it's the way this place works... those people are still our... or like the friends we had. We can't just avoid them, right? So don't give up on this... Owain, too. Not until you know for sure...
[ He knows Leo cares for Odin, if his stories about him were anything to go by. ]
Maybe you could have Niles investigate? He says he's good at that sort of thing... I've already given Subaki too much trouble being upset over Jakob. I should go apologize to him.
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to think it's being directed at him now, is kind of... well.
mostly he just doesn't want to come off as vulnerable. ]
It's not the same, per se. Though... I suppose the circumstances are similar in some regards.
[ slowly, leo chews on his bottom lip and brings up the images of owain and odin in his mind. they're still so similar, yet... at the same time he can definitely see where they differ. maybe that's why it's a little easier to accept that it's not really his retainer here. ]
... I met a man named Owain. He has similar speech and mannerisms as my retainer Odin. You know how he is.
[ outlandish, enthusiastic, ridiculous... ]
This Owain has dark hair and is slightly younger. He doesn't know me at all. So I really do suppose they are different people, even if I still don't believe in the possibility of meeting two people so similar in so many ways. Odin is quite... unique.
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He listens though, and recalls Odin- he's boisterous, loud and odd from what little he recalls of his arrival. But he also knows that Leo cares for him, the same way Niles has somehow inspired the same... which is why what he says makes him look worried. ]
Woah...
[ Yeah, that's an educated response. ]
You wouldn't suppose Odin had a son, like Laslow's daughter Soleil running around here? They're pretty similar too.
[ He looks thoughtful... ]
But if he reminded you that strongly of your retainer, then there's something to consider, isn't it? Especially with how this place tends to bring people in from such different points in time...
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[ so... it really discourages the possibility that they may be the same person. not rule it out completely, but still.
leo squeezes his pillow closer to himself, and sighs. ]
It's fine. I am accepting the fact that I cannot apply logic to many things that happen here in this world. Perhaps I'll even learn to be impulsive like you are.
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[ He can't help but feel bad for his little brother, enough to push aside the pain he's been feeling about Jakob too, at least for a bit. To have someone that familiar around, yet to not have them be who they thought they were...
It's ironic in a weird way, though he blinks at what he says next. ]
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[ The comment is so pointed that it becomes amusing and enough to break the grim mood for a moment. ]
... well, you might not be entirely wrong, but I don't charge in without thinking, you know.
[ Sort of why it was so difficult to just admit to Jakob who he was... he sighs and then... ]
We'll figure it out. Even if it's the way this place works... those people are still our... or like the friends we had. We can't just avoid them, right? So don't give up on this... Owain, too. Not until you know for sure...
[ He knows Leo cares for Odin, if his stories about him were anything to go by. ]
Maybe you could have Niles investigate? He says he's good at that sort of thing... I've already given Subaki too much trouble being upset over Jakob. I should go apologize to him.