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[The journal turns on with a little crash, revealing... the ceiling. Yes, very exciting.]

Stop knocking things over!

[A small, furry black face saunters over to the journal, sniffing curiously. It meows. And then, turning, flops over right on top of it, covering the camera.]

Hey, cat, get off that, it's not your damn bed.

[A small trill, and the fuzzy thing rolls over, revealing a mildly irritated redhead.]

...What the hell? You actually turned it on? Hey, dreck, the cat's from the Dawn Age.

[His tone is even mildly amused for that one. He brushes the kitten off the journal, picking it up and half-closing it. Before it shuts, he reconsiders, then grabs the pen and scribbles out a note.]

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I need to talk to you.

[There, that's good enough. Back to the whiny, needy little monstrosity who has moved on to making his own water dish into a cat bath. Surprise! Luke brought home a kitten for his very disgruntled original. What a wise decision this was, eh.]

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That's putting it lightly.

Yeah, it just arrived today. [There's a scuffling as the kitten claws at the page.] Hey!

I think it would cry for attention whether it liked me or not. Animals are just like that.

So...you ARE a cat person. [A moment of quiet shock before another chuckle.] Good to see your so friendly with your own animals then. [Pft, sarcasm a little bit?]

It's a child. Children cry. Isn't that just common sense?

Owning a cat doesn't make me a cat person, it just means I own a cat. [He doesn't want any silly labels or specifics- Luke brought home an animal, they're keeping it, that's all there is to it.]

Have you changed your daily routine any? And your replica as well - have you noticed changes in his behavior or anything similar?

[From what Dist could recall, the Luke replica was also suffering fonon separation, but his was...erratic. He couldn't pinpoint the rate, because it seemed like it was always fluctuating.

Regardless, he moves toward another corner of the room and produces a bottle of some pills, which he pushes towards Asch.]

These should help with the pain, but I've yet to determine how to stop the Big Bang from actually happening. Mm...I may have to speak with Jade on that matter sometime... Regardless, explain everything you've been experiencing to me.

Hmm, I haven't actually thought of that now that you mention it. The circumstances are different now so I don't see a problem having one. I think I might just do that. Thank you for the suggestion.

[ While she isn't short on friends, it does get a bit lonely living in that house all by herself. ]

So what's her name? She better have a cute name to go with such a cute face.

[Asch accepts the pills, remaining wordless for a long moment as he thinks back. He'd asked Luke about this, trying to be subtle, but it's harder than he'd hoped it would be to avoid arousing suspicion, so he hadn't gotten much out of the attempt. If Luke knew what was going on, information would come easier, but it would also make him completely unbearable.]

...It was a while ago, but when the replica returned from his first kidnapping, they'd done something to his fonons, and he was exhausted easily. I told him to tell me if anything changed, but he's been fine ever since. And my own body has started to degrade at an increasing rate since we hyperresonated ourselves to the ocean. It seems completely random- like a seizure that can last a few seconds to a minute long. It's hard to move while it's happening.

Yeah, sure. [Not like it took a lot of effort to suggest it, so whatever, he doesn't think it merits a thank you.]

His name is Tsuae. [Which is pronounced "ze", so it's a good thing this isn't written.]

Oops, sorry! He's real cute. And Tsuae, huh? Cool name.

Where'd you get him?

Don't know. Someone decided to bring him here for some reason.

[Cue an outside glower. The one who lives with him has a very thankless job as roommate.]

When an animal can talk, it might as well be a child. [Just as dumb as reckless as one anyway, most of the time.] You'd think it would be scared, stuck in a new place away from its family.

[.....

Oh. Ouch, that realization hurt.]

It's not like I think of them as humans, either. Don't misunderstand me. [They're just. Children. Animal children. Whatever.]

They're better than humans then, if that's true. Humans can't just forget.

[...This is becoming an oddly personal discussion for a first meeting, and Asch is starting to get a little uncomfortable.]

It's a good thing that animals don't think like people, then.

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