It does take until the tap of Lev's walking stick to get Leon's attention, as thoroughly lost in thought as he was. He looks up, blinking owlishly at the person addressing him.
"Oh, uh, nah, I'm fine. Just thinking about some things." Weird existential crisis about his life being a cycle of violence and paperwork things, mostly. You know. Normal stuff. He shakes his head. "Thanks for the concern, uh. Ma'am?"
He realizes midway through saying it that he could've just left off the honorific and spared himself the awkwardness, but it's too late now. He's pretty sure that's what this person is going for, at least? Which makes it real fucking rude that he sounded as unsure about it as he did, and he kicks himself mentally, the conversation with Angel still fresh in his mind. Taking on the aspect of a deeply apologetic deer in the headlights, he looks at Lev and hopes he didn't fuck up this interaction too hard already.
cw: well-intentioned misgendering
It does take until the tap of Lev's walking stick to get Leon's attention, as thoroughly lost in thought as he was. He looks up, blinking owlishly at the person addressing him.
"Oh, uh, nah, I'm fine. Just thinking about some things." Weird existential crisis about his life being a cycle of violence and paperwork things, mostly. You know. Normal stuff. He shakes his head. "Thanks for the concern, uh. Ma'am?"
He realizes midway through saying it that he could've just left off the honorific and spared himself the awkwardness, but it's too late now. He's pretty sure that's what this person is going for, at least? Which makes it real fucking rude that he sounded as unsure about it as he did, and he kicks himself mentally, the conversation with Angel still fresh in his mind. Taking on the aspect of a deeply apologetic deer in the headlights, he looks at Lev and hopes he didn't fuck up this interaction too hard already.