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[dissonates]

I feel like cooking.

......Luke, meet me in the kitchen.

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[dissonates]

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Why?

[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

Why not?

[dissonates]

I have no interest in becoming a third wheel, Guy. Me staying here would be awkward.

[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

Well, I can't force you to stay here. If it bothers you that much, you're free to go.

Luke would want you to stay, though.

[dissonates]

Luke has you. He doesn't need me to stay.

No one ever does

[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

You and I are totally different things for Luke. You're special to him in a way I can't ever be.

Like original, like replica. The both of you are idiots.

[dissonates]

I could say the same to you, you know.

I'm not an idiot. Call it the voice of experience.

[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

Does that make either of us less important to him? Or would you rather fight for his attention?

Then maybe you should stop dwelling in the past and focus on the here and now. Trust me, there's benefits.

[dissonates]

.... I'm not going to fight you over the re- .... over Luke. He's all yours.

The past is all I have.

[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

Damn it Asch, are you even listening to me?

Only because that's all you'll allow yourself.

[dissonates]

I heard you. I just don't care what the replica thinks of me.

Only because it's all I have!

[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

You're lying.


...why?

[dissonates]

Why should I care? I have no reason to.

It's-

I'm-

It's nothing.

[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

Tell me.

[dissonates]

......

......

......

I'm dying.

[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

What.

[dissonates]

You heard me.

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[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

What are you talking about-

You look fine!

[Private]

[dissonates]

It's not visible - everything wrong is internal. Why do you think I was always in such a rush back in Auldrant?

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[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

...it can't be the same here. It's not the same, Asch. You're fine.

[Private]

[dissonates]

You don't know that. Even I don't know that, and it's my own body. I can't just pretend it doesn't exist.

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[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

When Madame Fabre was here, she wasn't sick. She was in perfect health.


Asch, do you feel the same...?

[Private]

[dissonates]

.... Mother was here...?

And no, I don't... not entirely. But it doesn't matter that much anyway. As soon as we return to normal, the clock will start ticking down again, and I'll have even less time than before.

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[cherub-gardios.livejournal.com]

Yes. ...when you were here before.

You don't know that. We can go over our options; there's still time as long as you aren't set on giving up.

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[dissonates]

... I see. Figures.

I've known about this for almost half of my life. You don't think I've looked for options?