So here's just a first person drabble with Leo. It stems from the common notion that Leo is a perfectionist and sets off from there.

Disclaimer: I don't own the turtles, but I'll borrow them for the evening!

Have you ever had an epiphany? A sudden stroke of realization that essentially flips on the light bulb of your brain?

Well, last night, I had one. As far as I can remember, it was one of the only ones that I have ever experienced.

I was practicing my katas in the dojo last night. My brothers were watching some sort of wrestling match, caterwauling, but I just tried to keep on concentrating on the moves I was attempting to perfect. My katana fluidly glided out in front of me. They reminded me almost of a geisha's fans that twirl and flow before them. I was a dancer all right. Only my dance was dance of struggle, not of elegance. My dance was lethal- one that would surely cease the existence of any foe that dared to challenge me.

As I performed my kata- no, not performed- as I became my kata- those deadly beautiful movements, I was fueled by confidence. But as I pushed my foot forward for the last step, I tripped.

I tripped.

After failing to catch myself and planting my face into the mat, an epiphany dawned upon me of a poet's proportion.

Regardless of what I did, how hard I strived, and what I sacrificed, I was never going to be good enough. Never would I gain perfection in any of my endeavors, and though I might try, I will fall.

For a moment, I wished that I was enabled to disappear into my shell like how my brothers and I were able to do when we were younger and smaller. A shroud of shell so to say.

I couldn't help but wonder, what was the point? If you are going to fail, why should you even attempt it? I will never be able to fight flawlessly. Despite all of my intentions and ambitions, I seem to always make some minute mistake.

I knew, I will not always be there when my family needs me.

Then, I suppose that I had a secondary epiphany. An honorable warrior accepts his faults and before he may try to remedy them to become a stronger warrior, he must stand.

Although I may never become a flawless leader or even perfect that particular kata, I vow to rise.

I am not a perfect leader or even a perfect brother, and I often fail and fall. However, there is perfection in falling if you rise again.

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