"Mess with your mind how exactly?" leon asked confused. it was unusual if what ozpin said was true since leon couldn't think of any instances when his thoughts were different than normal. "it's not like most diseases of the mind were it is easy to tell one is being influenced. instead the one inflicted with it is more prone to burst of anger or violence while other destructive tendencies also get heightened. what you may not believe is that the counter emotions aren't affected by this increased destructive nature and actually seems to get twisted to follow along instead." ozpin said with a melancholy look.
"Are you sure? i haven't had any such issues." leon asked for clarification. ozpin froze when he heard this since it was the last thing he had expected to hear. he didn't think leon was lying either since in all the time he had known leon he had never seen the man lie about anything so important. 'what's different between them?' he pondered seriously. ozpin was nothing if not a clever man who figured out the crux of an issue quickly. 'it's those eyes! if the theory that they were created by the god of darkness holds true than it means leon might actually benefit from the usually corruptive influence.' he thought astonished.
"Humor me for a moment and explain how your eyes work again?" ozpin asked with a hopeful look. leon could tell ozpin seemed to have figured out something so he obliged. "the activator is the first surge of intense emotion , The second is from intense anger , the third is from the sorrow of loss , the activator the next stage is the loss of what you hold most dear or another extreme emotion." leon explained seriously. "that confirms my theory then." ozpin said with a sigh of relief.
Leon tilted his head sideways in confusion which ozpin noticed and elaborated. "your eyes could be said to be fueled by all sorts of negative emotions correct?" he asked and leon nodded. "my theory is that rather than affecting your mind the disease is actually getting devoured by your eyes leaving you almost entirely unaffected by it. the residual traits are likely the cause of the unusual changes in appearance. simply put you are the only person on the planet who doesn't need to worry about having it." ozpin explained with a slight smile when he saw leon visibly relax.
Leon couldn't be happier with this news as not only did he no longer need to worry about the subtle but concerning changes in his appearance. but that he had finally found a way to evolve his eyes without the normal trigger , or so he thought. the truth was that while the influence of the essence of grim made the process easier the genuine emotions were also still needed , just not in as much intensity. if normally he would need to feel an overpowering level of emotion now he simply needed a highly intense one instead.
The problem was still that the emotions needed to be genuine in order for him to evolve his sharingan to a higher state. this meant no matter what leon needed to be put in a terrible position where his emotions reached a fever pitch. for now though he was still forced to wait at the brink of evolution while he focused on his other attributes for improvement. leaving ozpin's office both men were happy with how this short but vital conversation turned out. ozpin because he didn't actually explain who the previous people with leons affliction were and leon because he now had a clean bill of health.
"Should probably go inform ruby and yang that i'm fine before they go and do something stupid." leon muttered as the elevator descended. he was too late however as when he finally got to the dorm rooms of team rwby and jnpr he found books literally spilling out of the room belonging to team rwby. picking up one of the books leon sighed as he read the title "one hundred obscure diseases" obviously it was a medical book. the door to the room was open and looking inside leon saw both teams with dark rings under their bloodshot eyes pouring through a frankly huge amount of books.
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