Private Finished Does Nothing For These Empty Tears

Leto walked alongside Ishvi, holding the umbrella and occasionally changing the angle of it so it could shade Ishvi a bit. She was fortunate to not have to worry about anything other than her emotions, and she couldn't imagine what was making Ishvi like this in the first place. She had decided she'd remain silent until Ishvi decided he wanted to talk, since she didn't want to push him.

She stuck her free hand in her pocket while she did her subtle management exercises. She had to do them whenever walking around in public out of habit, really. It's a bit of an insurance as well, but it's just second nature from when she really had to restrain her anger.

Ishvi's question caught her a bit off guard. She'd like to say yes, since she's known him from their days at the academy, but there were a lot of things they didn't know about each other. Really, she considered him a rival most the time. She took a while to think this question over. "Well, I'd say so, yeah." She wasn't lying, since she did consider Ishvi a friend, albeit in a weirder way. She frowned at the next question. She really had to think that one over.

Why did she become a cop? She had a troubled childhood where even she would admit it would be difficult to see a child from that background actively wanting to become a cop. She had emotional issues which police work could likely make worst, but she's gone through the effort to get an extra grip on them. She finally shrugged. "I did the junior cadet course in high school just because I could. I never really knew what I wanted to do until I left high school. I just felt it was right, really. I don't really have a reason to respect officers, but I did." She sounded completely honest with what she was saying, and had no guilt saying it. She did often wonder why she felt like being a police officer is what she wanted to do but she doesn't regret it.

Leto listened, a neutral look on her face. Not because she didn’t care, but was hesitant to show her own emotion from how much trouble it caused. She couldn’t remember either of her parents, or several of her siblings. The last memory she had now was of another outburst. That was the last memory she had of her oldest brother and sister.

She didn’t know what to say. She somewhat understood the desire to prove people wrong, especially since people just believed that she was just destined to be controlled by her own anger. That was likely a reason why she became a cop.

But, she had been alone for 13 years. Even on the island, she has had few friends and no family. But, she couldn’t really understand what Ishvi was going through. So she just placed a hand on his shoulder, if not hesitant. “Ishvi, I’m here.” She tried to sound considerate, but she just sounded a bit flat. But, her intention was likely portrayed from how she looked.

Leto kept her hand on his shoulder. She watched him with blank eyes, but internally was going through a lot of ideas and thoughts. She gently squeezed his shoulder when she realised that he was trembling.

She didn't say anything as Ishvi spoke, and she felt she shouldn't anyway. It felt that he didn't often get to speak his emotions like this with other people, and she didn't want to ruin it. In a way, she was somewhat touched that he was speaking about it in front of her. But, this wasn't at the front of her mind. Right now, she just listened.

She pulled her hand away as she looked down at the ground. She then looked back at Ishvi with a serious look as she nodded. "Of course, Ishvi. I won't tell anyone." She sounded serious and completely honest.

Leto remained silent. She was mostly trying to piece together what he was saying, while also thinking with various points in her past. She never really missed her mother when she was really young, and of course she missed her father. He was the only person in her family who never actually left her. Two of her brothers, who left for various reasons, she was a bit too young to know. She didn't miss them. It hurt when her oldest brother and sister left her... it made her angry, afraid, sad. But now she felt nothing towards her two oldest siblings.

She adjusted the umbrella again to keep sunlight from hitting him. If she could help, she could at least help in that regard. She wouldn't even care if he lied, right now, since she could understand that he probably had a lot on his mind. Even if he wasn't telling her what that was. She just simply nodded with a blank expression. "It's fine. I'm not burdened at all. We should get you back home so you can get some rest, right?" Although she said it like a question, she didn't really sound like she was giving Ishvi an option to argue.