[In all honesty, Luke had expected Asch to get angry and pull away from the link and leave him alone. It wouldn't have surprised him if anyone left him here, after all.
But he doesn't, and Luke isn't sure how to feel about it. He's grateful, yes, but not that Xion was here for this long, but for the fact that Asch cared enough to stay with him. He wasn't physically here, but he was a presence in probably the closest way possible that could never be mimicked: through the mind. At the same time, however... He really doesn't want to hear anything else like that. How he should feel and whatever else...]
"I can't... do that, Asch. Not right now. Maybe that makes me weak or whatever, but I just... can't."
[....]
"I know. I'm being stupid. I knew she'd leave someday... Just like everyone else does. I guess I just got... used to it. Her."
[Fonic Link, May 13th]
But he doesn't, and Luke isn't sure how to feel about it. He's grateful, yes, but not that Xion was here for this long, but for the fact that Asch cared enough to stay with him. He wasn't physically here, but he was a presence in probably the closest way possible that could never be mimicked: through the mind. At the same time, however... He really doesn't want to hear anything else like that. How he should feel and whatever else...]
"I can't... do that, Asch. Not right now. Maybe that makes me weak or whatever, but I just... can't."
[....]
"I know. I'm being stupid. I knew she'd leave someday... Just like everyone else does. I guess I just got... used to it. Her."