It happened the same way it is now. My fonons had been separating for seven years already- the time I spent here just finished the process. [And now that he's been revived, and Luke returned, it's started all over again. Is he doomed to some kind of miserable, slow decline of death and rebirth now?

Seeking a distraction, he chooses to simply cooperate again, for the moment. Asch isn't about to lie down with Dist right there, but he does sit, refusing to watch.]

I haven't eaten, either. I came straight here.