Leon holds up a hand in an apologetic gesture, appropriately solemn.

"Hey, no judgment here. Thanks for explaining, and sorry to bring up a sore issue," he says it with sincere sympathy - he knows what it's like to have an emotional bruise jabbed in the process of someone trying to ask if he's alright. "Just wanted to make sure it wasn't something unexpected in a bad way. Anyway. We were talking about my indentured servitude at your apple orchard, right? You two got a land deal set up with the town yet?"

It's not the smoothest change of subject in the world, but it'll have to do. It helps that he is genuinely curious about whether they intend to pursue that particular dream here instead of waiting until they get back home.