[While Ion talks, Luke can feel his fingers digging into his knees. Ion's health has always been pretty bad, Luke knew it since he used too much power in Cheagle Woods. And that was bad enough, but... something worse than that? He hadn't heard any of this before.
With Dist gone, with Jade gone, it's hard to tell what's wrong with people like them. Replicas. But Ion talking like this... It reminds Luke of just last year, when he too had something wrong with him. Something that could not be fixed, and eventually took his life. And that's something he would never wish on even his worst enemy, so... if this is happening to Ion...
When Ion looks at him again, Luke tries to hide what his hands are doing by clasping them together between his knees instead. And there is, indeed, a look of worry on his face, though he tried to cover his own fear. Maybe it isn't that, and he wouldn't want to make Ion more fearful than he already is.]
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With Dist gone, with Jade gone, it's hard to tell what's wrong with people like them. Replicas. But Ion talking like this... It reminds Luke of just last year, when he too had something wrong with him. Something that could not be fixed, and eventually took his life. And that's something he would never wish on even his worst enemy, so... if this is happening to Ion...
When Ion looks at him again, Luke tries to hide what his hands are doing by clasping them together between his knees instead. And there is, indeed, a look of worry on his face, though he tried to cover his own fear. Maybe it isn't that, and he wouldn't want to make Ion more fearful than he already is.]
... Why do you say that? What's going on?