(Near the ruins of Ixtal, Amanda's POV)
It was only when she truly looked at the shattered remains of Ixtal that Amanda finally understood why Leo could never simply stay home, as she began to grasp why he carried that relentless drive to grow stronger, because if he did not, then everything they built could be erased in an instant just like this.
"Leo… are you okay?"
She muttered in a broken voice, as the mere thought that he might have been caught in the destruction sent a wave of cold dread through her chest.
Unlike Dumpy, she was not fully convinced that Leo had survived, however, for the sake of her own fragile composure, she forced herself to believe that he was still alive somewhere out there, breathing, fighting, enduring…. because the alternative was something she simply could not bear to accept.
"I promise I'll never stop you from training ever again if you're alive.
I promise I will never be difficult again.
Nor will I ask more of you….
