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→ 002; [voice]

[Guess who's actually doing a network post on his own free will, for once? That's right. This kid. But ever since he'd come back from his kidnapping, he'd been feeling a little bit...off. It wasn't something he could really place, though. Not yet.

He needed a distraction. One that isn't trying to pick a physical fight with people because that never seemed to end well here. If he's already not feeling on the top of his game it's going to end even worse than usual.]

What's the point of friendships?

[There's a bit of a pause, before he tacks on:]

Don't give me that warm and fuzzy stuff, either. I don't want to hear it.

[Well, that was short and sweet enough. He's just. Going to end it here.]

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[...Sync? Sync is asking this question? What the hell kind of world is he living in? It's enough to make Asch break the unspoken agreement of theirs to pretend the other doesn't exist.]

Since when did you care about that?

[Ah yes someone he didn't necessarily want to talk to, but. It's better than Jade or Ion -- be...happy about that? Maybe?]

It's all I hear about. I just want to know what's so great about it.

[Not that he cares for having a friendship himself, but.]

[Yes, be happy. Asch will find it both surreal and hilarious.]

I assume it's a part of life that you need to experience to really understand it.

[It's not like he'd gush about how friends make the world go round and fill their lives with puppies and rainbows but even he can admit that they generally don't make it worse.]

[No.]

I'm not interested in that. [Experiencing it, that is.

And who (besides Ion) would actually try to befriend this guy anyway--] Guess I'll just miss out.

Why would you ask about it if you aren't interested?

[:| Stop being so nosy, Asch.]

Do I really have to have a reason?

[No :|]

You're the one who made it public. It's unusual enough for you to make it worth questioning.

[:|]

Maybe there was no real reason. [so he could be an ass.] I mean, from what I've heard, it's not so great anyway.

And yet the replica and all of his friends managed to defeat us both. Along with all the other God-Generals, and Van...

Don't remind me.

[Really. Don't. It also reminds him of a place he'd rather be blahblah nothingness yeah.]

[But it's so fun.]

All I'm saying is that you're underestimating things again.

I don't think I am. Friendship isn't the only reason why things happened the way they did.

[Impossible. :|]

...No, I suppose not. But it probably didn't hurt, either.

I doubt it. And don't say I'm underestimating it again, either.

I don't have to now, do I?

[Obviously you were thinking about it.]

[He was just predictable is all.]

Whatever. Are we done here?

...I guess so.

[Aww, but it's such fun to be on the giving end of the mockery for once.]

[Sync doesn't like it though and that's all that matters (to him).]

Good.

[And he'll just end the conversation there.]

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