So Leon's noticed, with regards to unique ways of thinking. He doesn't comment, letting César go on, but he does smile briefly at the observation. Pumpkin Hollow's weird, but it's weird in their favor.

Anyway, the rest of that statement hits him like a brick. Lightspeed travel? Time bullshit? Leon's brows furrow as he holds himself back from derailing the conversation by trying to ask about all that, deciding to stick to the matter at hand.

"Well, I sure hope they changed their minds after that," he says, frowning sympathetically. "I don't know what you saved it from, obviously, but... nice work doing that. Especially in the face of people treating you like that."