"N-no, it's not like that!" Claude quickly responded to Leon's suggestion to move elsewhere. It was just...augh, how did he explain something like this? How could he? Dammit, he really didn't want to have to expose Leon to this...
In the end, though, he knew he couldn't just chase Leon off, either. It would likely hurt his feelings, and he couldn't bear the thought of doing something like that to his friend. No, it was probably better to play along with this, and then fill Leon in later when he could. The damage here had already been done.
"This is Sync, Leon," he said under the pretense of introducing him. He supposed that, technically, he was. Claude couldn't help but feel disgusted by the whole ordeal, but he did his best to mask his feelings. "He's..." A brief pause. "An acquaintance." He might not have been able to say he was an enemy just then, but he sure as hell wasn't going to call him a friend.
"And as you can see," he said, turning to Sync with an intense gaze, "this is Leon."
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In the end, though, he knew he couldn't just chase Leon off, either. It would likely hurt his feelings, and he couldn't bear the thought of doing something like that to his friend. No, it was probably better to play along with this, and then fill Leon in later when he could. The damage here had already been done.
"This is Sync, Leon," he said under the pretense of introducing him. He supposed that, technically, he was. Claude couldn't help but feel disgusted by the whole ordeal, but he did his best to mask his feelings. "He's..." A brief pause. "An acquaintance." He might not have been able to say he was an enemy just then, but he sure as hell wasn't going to call him a friend.
"And as you can see," he said, turning to Sync with an intense gaze, "this is Leon."