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[Now that Luke can stay awake for more than an hour, he'd really like to get back to the people of Auldrant as well as the friends he made here in Luceti. He still can't hear anything, but... well, maybe no one has to know that. As long as they don't try talking to him, he'll be fine.

And being bedridden for these past few days has been extremely boring.

So, he grabs his journal and writes.]

Hey... I'm back.

[... Yup. Not much to expand on there. So let's go on.]

Anyone have any good stories to tell? Or... Actually, what's the most fun you've ever had? Here or in your world.

[Filtered to Asch; 15% Unhackable]

Asch, can I talk to you?

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[Should Luke's eyes remain staring down for more than a few moments, he'll soon see a piece of paper being placed in his line of vision.]

"I don't mind talking like this for now."

[Complete with a reassuring smile on Ion's face.]

[Gah, Luke forgot to keep looking for words. Once the paper is in his vision, he blinks at the message, then looks up at Ion. But it's inconvenient to talk with writing, isn't it? And...]

... For now?

"Until your hearing comes back. If it's part of the Malnosso's experiments, it shouldn't be permanent."

[Well, that's what he's hoping at least. If the Malnosso can temporarily turn people back into children, certainly it's just as plausible that they could temporarily remove someone's hearing, right? ...hopefully.]

[It's not as this was a death penalt- yeah, that's not a topic he feels like thinking about.]

... I hope it isn't.

[Luke pulls his legs up and wraps his arms around them, and he's tempted to just hide his face in his knees, but that would be kind of rude to Ion, wouldn't it?

Let's get the subject off of his hearing for a while.]

So... What happened while I was away? [Oh wait-] I mean, I... heard about the Halloween thing, so... anything else?

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[Moving from Luke's hearing loss to what happened during Halloween isn't a very progressive topic change; either way, it's unpleasant.]

[Naturally, if he tells Luke anything, it'll be whatever he can say without revealing how awful it had really been. That was the last thing Luke needed to deal with right now.]

"This past week was fairly uneventful. Halloween, not so much. The costumes were weird."

[He certainly knows how awful it was; he'd seen Asch react the way he did when he'd see a hallucination, and even Luke himself saw a few things he'd rather not.

So let's just focus on the costumes!]

... Yeah. Hey, did you get a costume?

[Unfortunately, that was also one of the traumatic parts for Ion. He can't help it: right away, he blushes. It was the worst costume ever. He nods weakly, simply writing down:] "Yes."

[... It must've been embarrassing. As much as Luke's dying to know, and that much can be seen by the smile on his face, Ion's kind enough to write and not make too big of a deal out of his loss, so he'll try to let it go with a wave of his hand and a chuckle.]

Okay, okay, you don't have to tell me what it was. Were there any funny ones?

[He'll look back and laugh about it someday. Just give it a few decades. Unfortunately, he was far too ashamed of it to really go outside much... oh! But he can say what the others in the house wore, right?]

"Give me a second."

[Since descriptions were no fun, clearly the answer was he should draw what they were wearing! There's only one issue with this: Ion can't draw. In fact, he can't recall a time when he ever tried.]

[Which probably explains the look on his face when he looks up from the paper and lets Luke take a look. At least the names indicate they're of Anise, Nephry, and Dist. There was no other way to tell otherwise!]

"Okay, maybe I should have just described them instead..."

[Oh, Luke draws about the same way. He waves his hand to indicate that it's not a big deal, and it's probably better than he would've done, and he just grins at the costumes.]

Heh! That really suits Anise, doesn't it?

[... Wait.]

... When did Dist get here?

[Yup. Luke's spent all this time here and had no IDEA Dist was around. Failure.]

[This face, Luke. Just this face.]

"He's been here for awhile now. A few months before you got here. He lives with us."

[And after a moment, he adds on another piece of paper (knowing Luke might still think of Dist as just their enemy):] "It's complicated."

[And right when Luke was about to ask about Dist living with them. Well, now he feels kind of dumb. B-But hey, it's not his fault that no one told him he was here and that Dist never contacted him or... anything!]

... And you're still okay? [Because, well. He is the enemy.]

[A nod and a smile.] "Dist is"

[How to put this?]

"Dist is different from how you and I remember him. He came here from farther in the future than us. He even apologized for" [Naturally he's glossing over that specific thing he apologized for.] "all the things he did."

[Man, was everyone from his future? Still, Luke looks like he understands, as he lets out a soft "Oh" and nods. The look on his face suggests that he feels very sorry for Ion, but it can't be helped. If Dist apologized and is actually a good guy now, then he shouldn't be a problem.

He then reaches out to take Ion's notebook (after raising his eyebrows in permission, of course) and frowns as he draws something. Upon completion, there's a rather stick-figurish drawing of Asch in this outfit, with a grumpy >:( face and everything, though Luke makes sure to write "Asch" at the bottom.]

[Ion leans over curiously as Luke starts to draw and is completely surprised when he sees a drawing of... a woman? Or wait. It's labelled "Asch".]

[Oh, he can't help but giggle at that. He takes the pen and writes beside the drawing.]

"Poor Asch. He must have hated it."

[Luke grins and, though it'd be easier to talk, he feels like writing with Ion. It just kind of seems fun, that's all. He takes the pen and writes underneath Ion's writing, taking note of the fact that it looks so much neater than his own.]

"He'd try to take the ribbon off every time he stepped outside!"

[~~Because these two are basically giggling schoolgirls exchanging notes in class~~ Ion doesn't mind writing back and forth at all! Especially if it's what Luke wants to do.]

"If only it had been that easy to get rid of the costumes."

[At that moment, however, he has a thought.]

"How did you know what Asch's costume looked like?"

[~~Well they are pretty much little kids~~ Urk. Luke freezes for a moment, but then he tries to wave it off. It probably wouldn't do to go proclaiming to everyone that he and Asch were kind of one for a while.]

... Natalia told me.

[Cool story bro, but Ion isn't buying it. He isn't sure why Luke would feel the need to lie, so he's not completely sure whether Luke is doing so or not, but...]

"She must have explained it pretty well then." [After all, the details in that drawing were amazi- okay, well, compared to his own attempts, the details were amazing.]

W-Well, you know how she is...! [Pity that Luke is even worse of a liar than Pinocchio. He's not sure where he's trying to go with this; Maybe they gossiped about it together...?]

[Luke is lucky Ion isn't the pushy-type. As obvious as it is that Luke is lying, Ion still isn't going to call him out on it. After all, he must have a good reason for it.]

"Of course."

[See, the thing with Ion is that if Luke manages to successfully lie to him without any sort of backlash, he starts to feel bad for it. Luke looks away and rubs at his neck, although he glances at Ion every now and then just to make sure he isn't trying to talk or anything. He'd never know with his hearing gone...

After a moment, he sighs.]

... A-Asch made our minds join up again while I was with the Malnosso. You know, like back in Yulia city? He did it to protect me.

[If Luke was expecting some kind of extreme reaction to this reveal, he'll be sorely disappointed. Ion just stares at Luke for a moment or two before letting out a small sigh of relief.]

"Why didn't you just tell me that in the first place?"

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