+ leon seemed to hesitate before finishing krauser off. krauser had also finally called him by his name after calling him “rookie” throughout the battle, and by the end of the cutscene leon’s lips were quivering. mustve been rlly emotional for him :(
In the final fight between leon and krauser, krauser was actually trying to convince leon to join him. he put leon through several tests and leon managed to get through all of them mentally and physically. he wanted to see how strong leon had become after everything he taught him