So, he’s also obsessed with Nephteros but in a toxic, abusive way… And now that he can’t connect with her anymore, he has no one to toy with…
Could work as a punishment for him if he really is that attached to her, but how certain is that he won’t just create something else and obsess with it...
Leon feels like he is just flattering up to Pride like his life depends on it… Which is probably true if he really was sent here to be rid of by his kingdom.