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[It's well into the night by the time Luke makes his way back to the apartment where he lives, a small bag with the belongings he brought with him being carried by his side. Unfortunately, it had rained while Luke was out there, so the mattress he brought along was ruined by the time he decided to head back. Thanks to the rain, his hair is also a mess, so he's not particularly happy.

He is, at least, much calmer than he was a few days ago. After his talk with Ion, Luke's had quite some time to think. Maybe he was being selfish... Maybe it would've been best to never know about any of it. But at the same time, he's glad to know. It feels like the wool's been pulled away from his eyes, and now he knows that he has to go back. Even if... he'd have to face Ion's death... there was still much to do. And here Luke thought everything was peaceful again...

He'd been thinking about the experiment, too. One that gave him a real life, a real family... He'd have to contact Paprika sometime. And how did Asch feel about it? Should he have stayed away? Well... There was only one way to find out.

That thought, though, makes him stop on the bridge by his community building. He has to wonder whether anyone else felt the way he did about some parts of the experiment... So, on a whim, he takes out his journal and pushes the voice option.]

Hey, does anyone else wish that some of that experiment was...

[Real? ...]

... Never mind, forget that. Uh... has... anyone gone camping before?

[... Stupid question. Luke shakes his head and shuts his journal with a light, frustrated little sound, then continues on his way to the apartment. If Asch was upset with him for that experiment, he'd soon find out about it.]

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Camping sounds fun.

[Hi Luke. Want to talk about what happened? No? Neither does Paprika! Camping sure sounds like a great topic though, so lets talk about the great outdoors. She lives out in the woods most of the times, so she has a great list of spots you can sleep under restfully...]

It's hard.

[Oh, what a great topic, camping! But he does feel a good amount of relief - he didn't even check on her when he left, and he'd been feeling bad about it since.]

Then don't camp? Seems like the best solution to your problem.

[She sighs a little. Okay maybe they might need to talk about this before this weird awkward feelings comes about. She really doesn't know that much about camping.]

Have you been alright?

[He considers it good advice anyway, especially since Luke failed so horribly at it for these past few days. And now, this topic...]

Yeah, I'm fine. [... He sighs a little. It's even harder to lie to her now that he's been through this experiment.] But not really.

[She doesn't show any real expression to his reply, but she does know this is probably difficult on him. Paprika doesn't mind either way - having a family, not having a family. Never having to think about things like that made her dealing with the situation a lot simpler. Luke, on the other hand...]

Do you want to talk about it? You can say no if you want.

[How easy would it be to say no and let them go on with their business? Luke would do it to mostly everyone else, and he even takes in a breath and opens his mouth to say it...

Only to sigh a little and breathe out his response instead.]

Sure.

[She sighs a little.]

Are you sure Luke. I won't pressure you, really.

[She doesn't know a whole lot about him, but with what she does know she can understand there being a lot of awkwardness in what happened.]

I know, I know. That's why I am sure about it.

[She's not quick to judge, and she even tries to help. Honestly, Paprika is one of the very few that Luke trusts completely, and it... surprises him a lot.]

...Alright. Give me a few minutes

[Time for the regular drill. She builds up a good strong filter and looks back to Luke once she's done filtering it up to the maximum.]

First off, I apologize if I made anything awkward between us now. It wasn't my intention as you know. ...Oh, I also have a spare key to your apartment building that I made. I'll return it to you later. [Probably by sneaking it through the crack under the door.]

[Luke really should learn how to make filters like that. Maybe then he could hide things he wants to hide. But he settles down to talk - He sits crosslegged in his chair and leans his head back to stare up at the ceiling.]

I guess we could use a spare... [No doubt Luke would lose his at some point.] And you don't have to apologize for that. Nothing's awkward between us or anything.

I'll deliver it a little later then. Don't worry, I won't sneak in through a window this time. [She shakes her head a little.] How has Asch been taking this? [It was a while ago, but she remembers the short conversation they had at night. She doesn't know him as well, but she does know he's important to Luke in some way.]

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