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Originally Posted by mtgowns

Ah, makes some sense I guess.

Another question just came up:

Spoiler for Another Question:

I just read that in the last novel, Kalinin kills Leonard, who is then killed by Sousuke; it also says that not too late after TSR Kalinin meets with Leonard. Is there elaboration as to why he would contact the enemy, then kill him and then get killed by his adopted son?

Spoiler:

Leonard contacted Kalinin, gave him some info and told him what his goal was, told him to think on it. When Kalinin saw the truth of some of the things he didn't believe, he decided to put his trust that Leonard's ultimate goal was possible, and defected.

Kalinin killed Leonard because Leonard was going to blow up the only chance of obtaining that goal, which Kalinin had become driven to see come to fruition, just because Leonard had been defeated there.

Kalinin was dead anyways when he and Sousuke fought, too many injuries, no way to care for them. It became more about seeing the true Sousuke, if he could kill the man who was like a father to him or not, and showing him that he was weak, a "sheep in wolves clothing." And besides that, Kalinin could have helped save Kaname at any point, but instead was a captor. Not something Sousuke could really forgive.