Johnathan Tohquah (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} pauwau) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} st_margarets, |
John watched it register on Leon's face. Leon had saved a people who had rejected him, and because he'd saved them, his own life was ruined. Gone, if you asked John. Vampires weren't truly living. John swallowed and watched Leon sit down with his fists in his hair. It was a strange oath to come from his brother, but John didn't ask just then who the Loa were.
"Hey." John stepped closer, unsure. "It happened and now you know, right? Can't do anything to change it. I..." Shrugging slightly, John sat down beside Leon on the step. "I admire you for what you did. I always have. Even if my... our mother never wanted you, you were important to the tribe. You're the whole reason they're still able to practice the way they do and why I'm still free to come here to learn. I mean, you, Leon, you're a legend! People aren't going to forget what you did for the tribe. They wish they were as powerful as you. Er, as you used to be. Sorry."