Aren't you already in the mood? I never say anything with that kinda aim anyway. [ Well, he doesn't think he does usually...? Leo is usually pretty direct about hitting on someone by his own standards, he thinks, but he supposes it could seem circumspect or odd to other people. Or sometimes just normal things he says, meaningless, could be taken wrongly. A careless tongue that traces the bite mark as he talks into Esikko's skin, still watching and listening and openly curious.

This whole time his gaze has been utterly devoid of judgement. There's still none there to be found. Even if it seemed pathetic Leo probably wouldn't think that; he's quick to say he hates or loves things and people but the way he views people overall has never been anything other than kind at the heart of it beyond the playacting and mixed honesty and lying masks. ]

It matters 'cause I wanna know, but it's not like you have to be honest. I'll listen to lies and deflections, too, as long as you're saying them in that voice. ♪ Sometimes lies and things people don't say are more honest than the truth is, anyway.

[ Philosophical or teasing or what? Leo's smile is somewhere between soft and carefree, but his fingers are warm and certain as they close around Esikko, too light a grip mostly on purpose. ]

Hey, tell me about the first spell you ever did.