[ Leo's about to snap just as loudly, but the familiar sound of the librarian's heels clicking on the floor stops him just in time. He lets go with one hand, leaving the other tightly grasping Elliot's shirt, to clasp it over Elliot's mouth. He wasn't going to get kicked out of his only sanctuary here.
Leo carries on in the same hushed tone only now it has an edge of desperation. These weren't things he had wanted to tell Elliot ever, but he needed Elliot to understand. ]
I'm Glen Baskerville! Everything that happened, happened because of me. Because being Glen means creating a distortion that attracts bad luck. My very existence made you suffer. That's why—! [ He can't stay by Elliot's side anymore. Even if the Will of the Abyss's reach doesn't extend here, there is always the what if. What if nothing had changed after all?
Remember that you are the cause of all this.
Leo grits his teeth and lowers his head, faltering. Oswald may not be in his mind anymore, but he might as well be with how clearly Leo recalls those words. He can't risk it again. Not with Elliot. ]
no subject
Leo carries on in the same hushed tone only now it has an edge of desperation. These weren't things he had wanted to tell Elliot ever, but he needed Elliot to understand. ]
I'm Glen Baskerville! Everything that happened, happened because of me. Because being Glen means creating a distortion that attracts bad luck. My very existence made you suffer. That's why—! [ He can't stay by Elliot's side anymore. Even if the Will of the Abyss's reach doesn't extend here, there is always the what if. What if nothing had changed after all?
Remember that you are the cause of all this.
Leo grits his teeth and lowers his head, faltering. Oswald may not be in his mind anymore, but he might as well be with how clearly Leo recalls those words. He can't risk it again. Not with Elliot. ]