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[looking down at his hands, then up... It was really kind of unreal.]

Am I-

[He starts to speak but stops, startled by the sound of his own voice.]

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[balling his hand into a fist]

Of course you—

[caught off guard too, and well, of course what?]

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[Holy CRAP. eyes open wide, looking around but already knowing he's not going to see anyone else.]

A... ...Asch??

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Damnit! Of all the—

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--a-are we really in the same--

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What do you think, moron! There's no-one else around!

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Wha--

You just...

[GOD even in this situation, Asch...]

How am I even talking then?

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[SIGH]

Looks like you can finally do something. Great.

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I--

[but actually no, the thing he had done turned out to be an awful mistake. And Van...]

(We probably look ridiculous. You take over. What's even going on...)

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(I don't need your permission!)

[taking off at an angry clip, scouting the area]

(Obviously—obviously there's been some kind of mistake.)

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([MENTAL SIGH!!]

This is Court, right? You got the same offer I did..?)

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(It's not like anyone told us what Court is like. I'll ask around.)

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(Hang on, shouldn't we...)

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(What?)

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(--talk?

I mean. You died. And I... and Master Van...

What happened to everyone. You saw that too, right?)

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(I'm here, aren't I? To get the power of Queen. That's all I want to talk about right now, dreck.)

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(You can't just-- We were wrong, Asch!)

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(I know that! Talking about it isn't going to change that!)

[his tone gets nastier]

(Or do you want me to tell you, Oh, it's not your fault, you were just doing what you thought was right?)

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(I...)

[even though Luke isn't trying to control the body, their stomach still clenches, going tight and cold as a stone, like they'd been punched]

(No. Of course not. That...

....but you were doing the same thing.

.........So was Master Van.)

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(Stop that! And stop calling him Master!)

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([Fine he'll be quiet 8(
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[Good!!!! Do that forever!!!

Asch keeps snooping around hitting all the major landmarks: the dining hall, clubs, the shop]

(It looks so... normal.)

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[Oh does that mean I'm allowed to talk again. MENTAL SIGH!!]

(Yeah... but they're probably all here for the same reason we are.)

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[NO but Arch doesn't say anything about it.]

(Whatever. I won't let anyone get in my way.)

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(Asch. You can't keep doing things like that.)

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(Doing what?)

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(Trying to do everything yourself!)

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(I don't need your help. I won't fail again.)

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(I'm going to help whether you think you need it or not.)

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(You can do whatever you want with... this body, as long as I'm not using it.)

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(Ugh, you're so.. stubborn. If we're in the same body we probably win together, so we should help each other!)

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(I said you can do whatever you want!)

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(Obviously I will. But I'm saying we should work together.)

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(Do you even know what the hell you're doing?)

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([Sounding testy] Do you?)

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(I'm going to find out.)

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(Well I'll find out with you and then we can work together.)

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(I can't stop you from ease dropping. Just keep quiet.)

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(I'm not...


Does that mean you won't butt it when I'm talking to people?)

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(Not unless you say something stupid. You're talking with my mouth too now, dreck.)

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(Then don't say anything stupid with my mouth either.)

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(That's not going to happen.)

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(Yeah, okay.)