Laz had some serious thoughts on his mind, the kind of thoughts that really hit home just what kind of changes people will go through when they stop sealing themselves in and start letting out their own nature. Leona proved to be a perfect example of just how free and wild a person can get once they break out of their shell.
Not that he believed that Leona was in a shell in the beginning. In fact, he was more inclined to believe after listening to her story that she had closed herself up because she was scared and too many things were unknown. And also to protect the ones close to her.