[Asch's voice is a snap - he isn't sleeping in camp tonight, and Ardyn would know it, so as much as he is trying to live up to that best self, there will be moments where he fails. Many moments, when they're as emotionally fraught as this.]
Who would have betrayed him? Stolen his face and name and place in the world? I may not ever get all of it, but I have a hell of a better starting point than Gilgamesh would have if he'd even tried.
[He releases Ardyn, finally, to lean back on his heels, and gesture to himself, one hand splayed across his chest. His eyes are still kind of red from crying.]
I'm not him. I'm myself. If you're going to try to reject me, base it on that, and not Gilgamesh or Izunia or Luke or anyone else.
[The way he says 'Luke,' there, it's clear he doesn't mean his replica.]
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[Asch's voice is a snap - he isn't sleeping in camp tonight, and Ardyn would know it, so as much as he is trying to live up to that best self, there will be moments where he fails. Many moments, when they're as emotionally fraught as this.]
Who would have betrayed him? Stolen his face and name and place in the world? I may not ever get all of it, but I have a hell of a better starting point than Gilgamesh would have if he'd even tried.
[He releases Ardyn, finally, to lean back on his heels, and gesture to himself, one hand splayed across his chest. His eyes are still kind of red from crying.]
I'm not him. I'm myself. If you're going to try to reject me, base it on that, and not Gilgamesh or Izunia or Luke or anyone else.
[The way he says 'Luke,' there, it's clear he doesn't mean his replica.]
Just on Asch. That's all.