[As soon as the link slides back into existence in his mind, Asch feels a rush of relief, and he was just about to send an actual, verbalized message when he suddenly feels a hand against his. Halting his ascent for a moment, surprised, Asch shifts his grip to curve his fingers around Luke's hand instead, to allow his replica to help him the rest of the way out of the hole. It's a relief to finally be out- not only is the silence within his mind finally replaced by the fonic link at full strength, but he'd begun to wonder if he was about to fall or something. And wouldn't that have been a beautiful cap to his lousy death penalty experience.]
...I didn't think you'd get here so quickly.
[He looks up, and Luke... is a blur of red, white, and black. Still, it's much better than seeing nothing at all.]
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...I didn't think you'd get here so quickly.
[He looks up, and Luke... is a blur of red, white, and black. Still, it's much better than seeing nothing at all.]