[The resistance seems to clinch the theory into place, and Asch opts not to move, closing his eyes for a moment and focusing on the fonic link. He can feel it now, with Luke's metaphorical wall down and out of the way; he can sense the difference, the unbalanced fonic energy surrounding his replica. He might not have the science and knowledge that Dist or Jade would have, but he knows his replica's fonons better than anyone else. He's been those fonons, in a sense, when they became one. And now, with Luke's body in the condition he's in, and Asch's own body in a deteriorating state-
...Ha. The replica's fear is familiar, yes, and for more reasons than the obvious. He'll keep his own concerns quietly in the corner, though. What matters right now is dealing with... this.
[Action]
...Ha. The replica's fear is familiar, yes, and for more reasons than the obvious. He'll keep his own concerns quietly in the corner, though. What matters right now is dealing with... this.
Somehow.]
Hyperresonance. That's how it happened, isn't it.
[It's... not exactly a question.]