I...I see. [So, Asch died. Dist shouldn't have been surprised, given that the Professor was here, of all people, but it was still a shock to hear. The stubborn fool was almost as tenacious as he was, or perhaps he had more willpower. Dist leans back in his chair, closes his eyes, and thinks. The Big Bang?]

Could you please explain? I know it's unlikely something you wish to recollect, but I need to know how you died. Did you feel faint, like something was leaving you? Was everything in tact on your body? [If the fonon separation had really been the end of him, he'd have a few second of life left to at least remember that much before his body disappeared.]