[ At some point, he had a feeling, that this was going to be brought up. Somehow, he knew that she would mention it because he really hadn't made any sincere effort to contact her. But... even if he felt bad about it, he's not sorry that he did. It was for the better, as he always thought of his own choices. But this in particular, it kept her safe.

And, it wasn't like he had intended to run into Juno. Or even really Legosi. It just sort - happened. ]

Yeah. I was busy. Very busy, you know. And it's not like I meant for them to run into me. They just did. [ And honestly, some of that probably sealed his fate, and it's not that he hated how he was now, but it wasn't where he was expecting to be at nearly nineteen in his first year of college - minus a foot, friends with carnivores. ]

If I contacted you, what would you have done about it? Come and found me and gotten me? Convinced me to come home? [ There's a shift, almost a challenge. Curious. Legosi was only successful in that Louis had feared for his friend's life enough to appear. It wasn't that he wanted to come back even days before it happened. It was a spur of the moment decision. ]