Angst people havent capitalized on yet (or Ive just missed it):
Leona wanting to be king and having big dreams about his magic and how wonderful and strong he might become especially if his older brother has some remarkable magic.
and young Leona finds that not only will he never have a chance and many cant stand him, but his magic will naturally destroy what it touches...
Imagine having dreams of becoming something proud and wonderous but nature itself says you are nothing more worth than dust.
The idea that leona doesnt put in the work in part because his magic has shown him that all he can do is hurt. All he can do is make things waste away to nothing, so why learn new magic? why try?
Its an extra kick in the teeth that being second born didnt already provide. Not only is it not worth effort because he'll never be king and get what he wants, but the sevens themselves, the nature of magic, said "your magic is one that only takes, and leaves nothing in its wake."
Like GD that would fuck anyone up, though it depends on when he discovered his unique magic it could have just been a late schooling nail in the coffin moment too. Where not only had everything gone wrong and he had his goal ripped away deom not long after he finally did it he figured out his unique magic something deeply inherit to him. And... all it does is take life and leave nothing behind. Like this man already has severe depression like -- m
















