Haunted Hydra: Leon & John
It was exactly the reaction John had hoped Leon would have. The brotherly embrace was a bit of a surprise, but John welcomed it and returned it. There were a lot of different emotions in the past thirty minutes since he'd met his brother in person and Leon had found he even had a brother to meet. There were bound to be an embrace or two, if everything went well.
"No, I... I mean." John tried to maintain eye contact with Leon when the inevitable questions arose. Why had he come here instead of staying with the tribe. "It's a long story." he laughed to hide his hesitancy to speak of it, of his addiction and the trouble it got him in. John didn't know Leon well enough, but he certainly didn't want his older half-brother getting into his business all too easily. John liked to have his boundaries, after all.
"I'll tell you later. I know you have to get back to the haunted house. I think I'm going to go out exploring."