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H... hey... um... replica- I mean, Luke- other me-

.... Whatever!

Can I come stay with you again? I've been with Master Van, and that's okay, but...

.......

I want to talk to you more.

If you don't want me there, it's fine. I'll deal with it.

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I-I'm not a kid! ... I mean...

....

F-fine. But I don't know where to go.

I can pick you up if you want. I know where Van is staying.

...That would be better. I'll wait outside the building, then.

All right, I'm on my way.

[Aaaaand Asch is chilling outside Van's community housing, glancing around warily and waiting for Luke's arrival.]

Hey, ready to go?

[Asch gives Luke a slightly wary look, but he nods, scuffing his toe through the dirt and waiting for Luke to lead the way back to the house they'd shared with Guy.]

Hey, you're... uh... you're not as big now. What happened?

I was only older because the people that run this place can do experiments on us. They messed with my age, but this is how I normally am.

[Asch wastes no time, hurrying after Luke to walk beside him, glancing up at the older boy.]

... We don't get very tall, do we?

I say we're still growing. I'm only 17 now.

[Asch grins, feeling a little better about the situation. The replica's pretty easy to tease!]

17, huh... so what're we like at 17 then? You told me about when we're older, before...

Well, hmm... you're definitely passionate. You can be kind of quiet, but you don't let people push you around. You speak your mind.

I'm kind of the complete opposite.

Hmm. I guess that sounds right.

[He fidgets in place a little, scuffing his toe as he walks, cheeks a little pink.]

H-hey, did I marry Princess Natalia, or did you...?

Well, I didn't marry her.

[Asch blushes immediately, but he can't help the shy smile that crosses his lips.]

... I hope she's not disappointed or anything...

She's not. Don't worry.

[Asch doesn't respond to that, eyes still focused a bit shyly on the ground. After a long moment of hesitation he reaches out a hand and cautiously curls his fingers around Luke's, asking silently for permission. He's almost eleven, not a child anymore... but he's been lost and alone for a long time.]

[Asch uses his free hand to scratch at his nose, expression shifting, trying to regain a bit of his dignity. He's a future king, dammit. He needs to stand tall.]

So what happened with Master Van? He told me he let me go home... why? Why'd he replicate me if he was going to do that?

I hate to say this but.... he didn't let you go home, Luke. He sent me in your place, and took you with him to Daath.

[Asch gives him an odd look.]

I know that much. I was escaping from Daath before I came here. But I had to have gone home at some point if I became king, right?

I think you went back to Daath with Van, even after you escaped. I don't know why... since I was so young.

You didn't make it home to Baticul until over 7 years later, though.

I... what? I was in Daath for seven years? But... I was almost home...!

[Asch trembles a little, eyes lowered. He'd just gotten past Belkend, limping out of the harbour after a severe beating from the captain of the ship he'd stowed away on. It couldn't have been more than a week's journey to Baticul from there. Had Van captured him, even so close...?

It wasn't fair!]

...D... don't apologize. You didn't ask to be my replica...

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