In his own way, Leto could understand this -- the future and the past were connected in a similar way, though not, obviously, in the same way as what Maxine was expressing.
He saw how she reacted when she mentioned her father and did not press her. "That sounds like a lot of responsibility," he said. "Is your teacher here with you in the City?"
If not, he hoped that someone who could help her with this gift would be close at hand for her -- someone who knew just exactly what she had to work with. He suppressed the desire to simply look.