"Look!! My little experiment has feelings" Leon laughed, and his laugh set my teeth on edge.
I stepped ahead of Skylar, trying to shield him from Leon.
"What's it to you, Leon?" I asked.
"Seems you've taken quite a liking to him" he said.
"Once again, what's it to you?" I retorted, my hand going for my daggers.
This was stupid--I knew that I couldn't take Leon in a fight, but I wasn't about to let him take Skylar away--no one deserved to that kind of torture.
"I'd like to keep him around" I finally said to Leon, "Assuming neither you nor he have any objections?"
