[Asch stares at the empty space where the table had been, silent for a long moment as he lets what had happened sink into his mind. He crouches down and touches the floor, feeling a slight warmth in the air and on the tile, but nothing more.]
And I never wanted to be replicated, but that doesn't mean you don't exist. You know as well as anyone that 'want' has nothing to do with what you get.
[The day's events are certainly screwing with his attitude. He's pleased to be alive again - 'happy' is probably taking things too far, but one step at a time, of course - but losing his power isn't exactly making his life any better.
Still, sitting around isn't going to make things better either. He stands again, going to get himself a drink. Frustration makes him thirsty.]
Just be careful with it. That level of power is dangerous, even with whatever power caps they have here. We'll need a new table now, too.
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Wh-What is it?
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Replica, use your hyperresonance, now. I have to see it.
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Second-order hyperresonance. So it's true...
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...
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Looks like you got my power after all.
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But... how?
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[God, but this was irritating. To have lost one more thing to the replica, the one thing he'd known was superior...!]
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[Asch glances over his shoulder at Luke, glaring a little.]
I'll have to rely on you if hyperresonance is needed from now on.
[Great. Just great.]
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You can count on me, okay?
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[The day's events are certainly screwing with his attitude. He's pleased to be alive again - 'happy' is probably taking things too far, but one step at a time, of course - but losing his power isn't exactly making his life any better.
Still, sitting around isn't going to make things better either. He stands again, going to get himself a drink. Frustration makes him thirsty.]
Just be careful with it. That level of power is dangerous, even with whatever power caps they have here. We'll need a new table now, too.
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I will... I really don't even have a reason to use it right now.
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Alright. We'll figure something out.
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... okay.