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What a waste of time.

[ a rather gruff voice complains before the picture has turned on and become focused, revealing the speaker's face. he looks slightly more irritated than usual, though there aren't many who would recognize that. ]

We're supposed to talk to each other using these things, huh? [ he turns away, seemingly annoyed at the very

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Of course. [ yet at the same time, he would prioritize his own need to return home first. it was an egocentric, selfish way of looking at things, but in his mind his need was simply greater. helping others was fine, but he wouldn't do so at a cost to himself. he was no good samaritan and he recognized that about himself. ] If a way can be found to return everyone, that would be preferable. But if that isn't possible... [ he just shrugs his shoulders slightly. others could blame or curse him; he wouldn't care. though the real question was... would he choose his own escape if he knew it would directly harm others? that was a bit more troubling. his people and his country needed him, but that couldn't be used to entirely justify hurting other captives here either. a troubling thought. ]

...I see. I've heard that... someone I know was here previously as well. [ now that he thought about it, if luke had been here at some point in time, asch certainly didn't know about it. luke's absence from their own world would have been noted; he would have felt it himself, due to their mutual connection. but there hadn't been any time where luke was missing; someone could account for his whereabouts in auldrant at just about all times. ] I hadn't considered what the implications meant, but you could be right that the flow of time here is altered compared to our own. [ ...there were other possible explanations too, but that seemed the most straightforward. ] If that is the case... [ then there was no need for him to hurry. he could approach their problem here more carefully. ] I'll have to look into that further to confirm it.

Considering everything these Twelve seem to be capable of... it isn't impossible. [ strange, but not impossible. ] If it's true though, that's perhaps the first good news I've gotten since coming here.