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Natalia's gone back.

[And he's... not sure how he even feels about that, especially since it's the second time now. He's not the sort to broadcast his feelings on the matter anyway, so he'll leave it at that.]

[Locked to Dist - 75% Unhackable]

If you've prepared everything you need, it's about time we meet.

[Asch won't be around the house much today; he'll probably be home late. His main haunts today will be the Battle Dome, the library, (maybe a quick bite to eat in the plaza |D) and finally Good Spirits to ~~sulk~~ read a book in a tucked-away corner of the bar. ...Though the amount of reading may decrease depending on what he's drinking over the course of the evening...

Oddly enough, Star the cheagle will be tagging along with him over the course of the day.]

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No. It's just something that occurred to me.

[Guy pauses, and then adds -just in case Asch thinks he's trying to push him away-]

I'm just worried about you.

[....Again? Ugh, didn't he already go through this with the replica? He's getting tired of hearing that question.]

You shouldn't be. Worrying doesn't serve any purpose.

Really?

Even when you collapse in the middle of a fight?

[........................God.

Damn.

Replica.

Why couldn't he have kept his stupid mouth shut?]

....I didn't collapse, he's exaggerating.

It doesn't matter if he was. We both know what it is.

You were supposed to tell me when it started again.

I've already talked to Dist, and he's looking into it. I didn't want to say anything until I knew more.

[He hadn't wanted Guy to worry. So much for that.]

Were you going to tell me if the news Dist gave you was bad?

[Asch pauses briefly- not to stall, but to really consider it. It's easy to say it, but... would he?

The less attention he got for this mess, the better. But with Dist involved now, he'd... actually kind of rather not go it alone.]

...You'd have found out one way or another, and you'd just get mad if I didn't tell you myself.

Right you are on that one.

[Good. Guy feels a little better about being kept in the dark now.]

So what would you like me to tell Luke, then?

[Tell Luke? Ha. Ha ha ha. No. He knows that Guy and Luke are close and Luke will probably notice that something is up, but the truth? Not a good idea.]

Nothing. Make something up if you have to tell him something, but I don't want him involved at all. That idiot would probably kill himself if he knew what was going on.

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I know that. I'm asking you what you want me to tell him instead of the truth. I'll lie, but hell if I'll do the work of making it up for you too.

Tell him it was heartburn.

What? There's nothing wrong with that!

There's so much wrong with that I'm not even going into it.

Look, I cobbled together some explanation about you exhausting yourself and the fonons around here not being dense enough for spells and some such, but he won't buy it if it happens again. And he's not going to buy heartburn.

I don't see why he wouldn't accept that answer a second time, especially since the fonons are different here. It makes sense and it's as good as the truth anyway.

And if it happened when you weren't using any artes? I don't think even Luke would swallow the explanation that your fonon count is just randomly low.

What the hell am I supposed to tell him, then? What's happening to me is none of his business! He shouldn't need to know!

It's because he cares and worries about you that he asks. Not just because you're his original and he feels guilty, but because he cares.

So cut him a little slack.

[....Ugh. He really doesn't want more people worrying about him. At all.]

Just... tell him you don't know. You're good at lying. If it gets more serious I'll think of something.

All right.

[They walk in silence for a bit before Guy pipes up again.]

You know, Luke's the only one to have ever seen you just for you. Natalia thought of you as Luke, I thought of you as Fabre's son. Van thought of you as the Scion of Lorelei.

But not Luke.

To him, you've always just been Asch.

[Asch goes still at that, lips pursing. It's true enough- he's always been Asch, because Luke would never have known him as anything else. Even when he tried to give the name back, Asch was Asch. Guy has a good point.

But it's not enough.]

He and I are in a different situation altogether. To me, he's never been Luke.

That doesn't matter. Not to him.

He knows you as Asch, and he cares about you as Asch. Isn't that what you've always wanted?

It's what I've forced myself to accept because I don't have another choice!

[Guy opens his mouth before shutting it with a click, holding up a hand more to stop himself than Asch.]

Never mind. Whatever goes on with the two of you is none of my business.

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