[007] Voice/Action locked to Gilded Castle (Backdated to Late night 21st/Early morning 22nd)
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[It was the fighting that had done it. For a few weeks, after that strange dream, Luke had actually been able to remember what having a normal night's sleep was like. Tear had helped to heal him, but there was always a certain extent that the body had to heal itself after any kind of major injury. And he'd used a hyperresonance, even though ( Read more... )
[It was the fighting that had done it. For a few weeks, after that strange dream, Luke had actually been able to remember what having a normal night's sleep was like. Tear had helped to heal him, but there was always a certain extent that the body had to heal itself after any kind of major injury. And he'd used a hyperresonance, even though ( Read more... )
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... so that makes two of them sounding more tired than anything.]
You think I haven't tried?
[In the past, that is.]
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[Whether this is actually advice or just Asch telling Luke his efforts are pointless if they don't yield a solution...]
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Then what's the rest of it?
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Guess all the excitement from earlier is finally getting to you.
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"Excitement"? What's that supposed to mean?
["Excitement" is not a word he'd use to refer to what happened, thank you very much.]
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You know what I'm talking about. The fighting.
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[Asch, you're not supposed to know about how much fighting people still bothers him... why does it almost sound like you do...]
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[However.] Weren't you aware that you hesitate whenever someone's onto you, replica?
I saw the whole thing.
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You were watching us?
[Frankly, Luke's not sure what's worse - that Asch was watching him and Guy get beaten during that fight, or that Asch hadn't done anything to stop it.]
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Then it hits him. If Asch had been watching, he would have seen them when they were in trouble... and if he'd seen them while they were in trouble... he wouldn't have had to have used Radiant Howl...]
Why didn't you do anything?
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And risk something happening to both of us? You're the one who was stupid enough to get involved in the first place.
[Sharply.] Or didn't you stop to think you might get killed?
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It's not stupid if it saves people! I'm not just going to let them get hurt or killed!
[If nothing else, Asch, that's literally his job now.]
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You can't save everyone. If you do something stupid and it turns out to be irreversible, who's going to kill Van? It doesn't matter that he's dead in my time, he's still alive in yours.
[There's nothing wrong with saving people, but the clock is ticking: Are they all really dead, can they really be saved, is there a point of no return? Eventually you people are going to have to choose who to help. ...Isn't saving Auldrant more important? Suppose you all get too attached to this place! Asch's mind is running off in multiple directions, and he falls quiet. There's a clink as he sets the Seal down on a hard surface and wipes his brow.]
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It's that lecturing tone, Luke's own feelings of frustration, exhaustion and helplessness, his leftover anxiety from the nightmares and fighting, that lead him to finally snap.]
It's a little late for that! I-
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