Dimensional Descent

Roesia's gaze drifted to Leonel once again. But, even now, his gaze was still trained outside the tall windows. He didn't seem to have heard anything Roesia said, but Roesia didn't decide to push the matter. She didn't know what it was that Leonel was going through, but she felt like she didn't have the right to ask. She hadn't been able to be a part of her grandson's life for so long, so how could she just appear now and expect him to bare his soul to her?

"… Soon after these matters, Velasco took Little Leo to Earth. I'm not certain of what his reasoning was entirely, but it was likely that the combination of friendly atmosphere plus Low Dimensional world was the best environment for Little Leo's recovery.

"In his weakened state, staying in a Sixth Dimensional world was more of a detriment to Little Leo than anything else… But as for the specifics of how Little Leo was cured, I'm not sure. I can only say that it's good that you've grown up so strong and powerful."

A calm silence fell over the penthouse suite.

The truth was that Leonel was listening, though not actively. With the way his mind worked, unless he used Dream Sense, it was impossible for him not to capture every little detail within hundreds of meters of himself. The only question was whether he would acknowledge it now, or later.

But, after what he experienced today, this benefit seemed more like a curse than anything else.

Leonel didn't really know what he was feeling right now. In reality, maybe his grandmother was the only one able to tell that he was feeling much of anything at all. To everyone else, his face was quite indifferent and placid, as though he didn't have any emotions to speak of at all. Who knew, maybe it was a mother's intuition refined over two generations. They always say that a woman's intuition is strong.

It would be one thing if Leonel had chosen to cut Aina off completely. But, according to his balance scale, she had just barely managed to stay in his heart. The issue with that was now he had to drag all of this baggage around.

The moment he had seen her, it was like all the accumulated momentum and drive he had built up over this last year had vanished

honest…

toward himself. He might have been fine with this feeling had he still had no goals or aspirations, but the current

trash, it pissed him off. He almost wanted a reason, any reason at all,

to properly react to the truth of his history with the Luxnix. Was he more mad now? Indifferent, maybe? He didn't really know, it was like his emotions were on a delayed timer, but now that the proper moment to react had passed, it was already too late to

he want to

If it was about venting, wouldn't the best place to do so have been the

he want to speak with

do this either. They say a picture spoke a thousand words, well a snapshot of Leonel's memory spoke millions. He didn't feel

want to

him clear his mind and focus, but whoever that woman was would only end up being a tool. At best, they'd

he

here felt

overcoming him. In all his calculations, the one thing he didn't note was exactly how long it had been since he

was with Aina, even when they didn't need to sleep, they would do so. Of course, a part of

With her ability, she always knew exactly