[But it might be better, wouldn't it? It was just a relatively short thing. They went back to normal soon enough. It was fucked up, yes, and he'd hate to go through it again. But having a safe place for his brothers and sisters... It sounded too tempting.]
I don't want us to have to keep running away. They don't deserve it.
[He thinks back on how happy Mia was at the chance to have a normal life with him, even hoping that the others would someday come as well. How she wanted Leo to open up and have friends, to enjoy the peace and niceness of the people in this world.]