hm .

" pick somewhere , then ." he's paying , for sure , but he'd like to be certain that it's somewhere leon actually 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 . no sense in taking him out for breakfast if he won't eat anything on the menu . . . . although , admittedly , he's fairly sure that leon isn't picky .

he gets it . he does . there's no telling how many long nights chris has pulled to get something done before promptly crashing the next day . still . " you want to go get some breakfast ?" or whatever he wants to eat .

he really shouldn't push himself so hard . chris knows it's difficult to remember , but leon has to take care of himself before he can protect others .

leon . watch it .

good answer .

. . . what do you have against piers ?

that would upset piers . so . no .

uh -- piers ? i'm not gonna stop listening to piers .

isn't that also some like . . . figure of speech ? that's all i've ever heard it be called .

a balanced dinner . not . . . [ hang on . what do the kids call it ?] not ' girl dinner '.

i will listen to you about this when you've eaten more than cereal for dinner .

figure of speech , leon .

broken clock . twice a day . all that .

you're just mad that i'm right .

it does not count .

[ good .] [ be nice to that girl .]

[ he's not going to stop this but he won't encourage it further , regardless .] [ just know that he has an eye on the situation .] [ don't try anything funny , blondie .]

you like to pop up when your opinion isn't warranted , either .

i could definitely arrange to throw wesker out a window as necessary . [ not that he's encouraging this behavior from any of them .]

" but you can't shoot ?" considering what he does , that's sort of a priority for them . getting up close and personal is never recommended .

he's listening . might not say anything , but he 𝘪𝘴 listening to what she has to say .

" really ?" looking her up and down for a moment . he's . . . not entirely convinced of her abilities .

not convincing , but he's only tilting his chin up slightly in a motion for her to continue talking .

" not when you don't know what you're up against ." head tilting a bit . " i don't suppose i need to tell you that you probably shouldn't be here ."

he's glancing at them , and then finishing the prep on one of the guns . " it's a basic assortment ."

no one is getting punched . if you need proper lessons on self defense , just . . . there are several trained members of various forces around here . i don't have time to host a class myself .

leon , if i punched grace , i am likely to take her head off .

. . . why do i need to punch sense into grace .

your head is pucking up on minor cues that give you the . . . ' bad vibes '. figure them out , and note them down . that would be how you properly report it .

specifically state body language , ashcroft . you're smarter than this .

if you write that , i won't have a clue in hell as to what you mean .

i never know what to expect with you , anymore .

[ he always trusts him .] [ that does not change .]

mm . alright .

. . . but stealing the shirt was alright ?

[ and he believes him .]

you could've just looked at the tag real quick .

[ they'll see .]

[ and he's putting it right back on .] . . . what were you going to do with it ?

[ maybe he'll have it off later .]

thank you .

[ small smile .] [ but he's getting his shirt back on .]

i need it now . i don't have another with me .

why ??

. . . thank you , piers .

mm . where's my shirt ?

he's too old for this shit . [ #seductivesunday] or not .

[ he won't . he doesn't have to worry about that .]

. . . right . as you say , then .