I told you, he offered. [Again, a simple answer to a complicated problem. Though there's more to it than that - at least, that's what Asch is going to tell himself from now on - so the replica may as well know that part, too.] Look, Van is too much of a wild card to just let him run loose without someone keeping an eye on him. And he's even more dangerous now that he has Sync and Arietta here with him. His invitation is a convenient excuse for me to watch what he does.