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[After rescuing Nephry from a sudden splashdown at the lake, Asch is understandably soaked. The return to the village had dried him off somewhat, but nothing felt better than a fresh change of clothes, so he was about to head in to do just that when the bushes by the door suddenly threw up a campfire

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[Luke's first reaction to the cheerful little chirps is to sag his shoulders and stare with annoyance ahead of him.]

Why do you have to be so-

[And then he realizes.]

... Mieu?

[He gets up from the couch and rushes to the noise to see... an orange cheagle? And an angry cockatiel?]

... Star?

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[Asch lifts his head at Luke's voice, glowering at him.] If it's yours, then get it the hell off of me already!

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It's not mine. [But he'll still reach to lift the cheagle off of Asch's head and hold him in his hands. No attaching to his head for you, Star.]

Where'd you find him?

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[Asch fixes his bangs with a scowl, heading over to the sink to squeeze some extra water out of his hair.] He was outside lighting things on fire.

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How'd he do that without the... Oh. [That's right... He remembers when they first saw Star in the lab. He blew fire without even needing the Sorcerer's Ring. Luke follows after Asch, Star giving a happy little flail and a few "mieu!"s as he tries to attach himself to Luke's head.

... Now he has to wonder if this is the original or the replica.]

... Hey, he doesn't have any wings!

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Obviously. [Thank you for your deduction there, Sherlock 8| Asch waves a hand dismissively, starting out of the kitchen.] Give it some food or something, it wants to stay here for some reason.

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[Hey, it's an important deduction D| Luke opens his mouth to respond when he closes it, noticing something else, then opens it again.]

Did you go swimming or something? [Meanwhile, he'll open the cabinets to see what they can give to the little cheagle.]

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Hm. [A grunt is all you get, replica D| He's going to get changed, brb. Soggy clothes are uncomfortable.]

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[Gdit Asch, the way to a good conversation is to actually communicate. D|

Luke gives an irritated little grumble as he opens the refrigerator to get some cabbage leaves. Cheagles eat some disgusting things.]

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[And when have they ever had a good conversation D|

After a quick change and a hair-braiding to keep it from dripping on everything, he does come back, if only to make sure Luke doesn't poison the poor thing with his cooking. ...Also because he's hungry; swimming around and rescuing drowning damsels is tiresome work.]

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[Almost never but that doesn't mean they shouldn't start D|

Star's sitting on the table, happily munching on a cabbage leaf. Luke did own Mieu, you know, he knows how to take care of cheagles. He's sitting at the table, too, chin resting on his hand as he watches the cheagle.

Now, let's try this again.]

Why're you wet?

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/GRUNT

Well, alright. Now that he's not soggy and getting set on fire his mood has marginally improved. Fishing out some ingredients, he starts to toss together a pot of chicken soup. No sense in making himself sick.]

The Necromancer's sister ended up in the lake. Apparently she can't swim.

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[Whoa. That makes Luke lift his head and look back at Asch.]

So you saved her?

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No, I let her drown and went for an afternoon swim.

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[Nrrrgh, you are so annoying. D| He gives another irritated grumble and turns to look at the cheagle instead.

... Still. That's good to hear.]

I guess she already told you this, but... thanks. I mean, if you hadn't been there, she would've...

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[Asch shrugs, stirring some spices into a broth.] She just got lucky. She'd better learn how to swim before something like that happens again.