[It's not something he feels he can answer so bluntly. But Asch seems to be settled, which is a comfort on its own. It's a sign that yes, he'll listen after all. Guy didn't want to make this any showier than it already was, but the space between them is already raw with confusion and anger and not knowing what to think of the other person, alike and yet different from the person they'd known before.

He rests his arms against his knees, fingers loosely weaved together.]

The last time we spoke, back on Auldrant, I had a hunch that you were finally trying to put that past of yours behind you. You hadn't quite managed it yet, though. You had to settle things with Luke and find your own way. [Thumbs fidget against his palms - cut it out, that fight couldn't be prevented. To be upset isn't going to help. Just finish your thought.]

...

If you could find a purpose as Asch, despite what life did, then... well, we'd have come full circle, I guess. We'd both be different than how we met. You would no longer be the son of an enemy, and I no longer your servant.

[He straightens up just enough to finally meet Asch's eyes, that same attempt at a smile, genuine but just barely there. He needs to see a reaction to this.]

We'd start over. Just as people.