❀ 023 [private to jade; unhackable]

[distemperate]

Jade. That replica friend of yours -- upon his arrival, he implied that he may have died before coming here.

Surely you wouldn't mind sharing the details with your former research partner.

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[ UNHACKABLE ] o-omg did you know i woke up at 2 in the afternoon yesteday

[coronercolonel]

Yes. Tear confirmed that implication -- he came from after Eldrant.

They're quite vague, but...only two possibilities surface. Either Luke was taken by the scientists before the Big Bang effect could completely take place, or Luke never began the process of fonic merging with Asch at all. I'm assuming it's the former. If it wasn't, then Luke would disintegrate within days in this environment because there are no fonons in Fortuna to keep his bodily structure stable.

I'm going to keep an eye out, in any case.

[ UNHACKABLE ] I WISH I COULD SLEEP IN LATER THAN 8 ON MY DAYS OFF what is this

[distemperate]

Merging with--

Asch's Big Bang finally occurred, then?

[ UNHACKABLE ] skdjgnjsdk why don't you sleep in? IT FEELS SO NICE AND LAZY lmao

[coronercolonel]

You don't--oh, that's right. We've already apprehended you by then.

[Serious tone is back.] Apparently. He died sometime before we faced Van. Luke mentioned feeling "complete" a few moments before the fight, so I suppose it's safe to assume Asch already gave whatever is left of his fonons to Luke. The question is; what happened afterwards?

[ UNHACKABLE ] i just wake up and can't get back to sleep 8( also idek what i'm talking about here

[distemperate]

Hm. Yes, that certainly sounds to be in keeping with the results of my research.

How much do you know of it, of the state of Luke's body at the time he was taken? Clearly, he has reason to think he died. Was it a typical human death or was it the result of his using the Key of Lorelei, as I would assume he did?