[It's been a month or so (Earth and Eos calendar, not Auldrant's) since the girl arrived, just before the death of the sun and the long night. Asch remembers her - it's hard not to, of course, because the number of people who had stuck around the camp on Monsun is so few, and of them -
Xion and Muffet both came for visits, but Yuuri, strangely fearless Yuuri with no fighting skill at all who nonetheless remained instead of going for the shelter of the temple with the other noncombatants, was there for the whole time, maintaining the fire and the water supply and the soup and the care of Ignis (the parts that weren't awkward to ask a young woman to do, anyway, which Asch handled). Gently rebuffing Prompto, looking sometimes at Soma and, constantly, at Ardyn with a strange look on her face, when she thought no one would notice.
Best parts of Asch that the desert brought out: He noticed.
Other best parts of Asch that the desert brought out: a willingness to leave it be.
But now the desert is gone, and the aftermath, well...
Here's Asch, with his red hair tied back in a loose braid and a couple of the feathers from the Jormun's celebration hanging at his temples again. He's spent most of the day setting the tent back up, but now he's finally reached the limit of physical exhaustion.
Only physical, because his mind keeps moving, and that's how he ends up at Yuuri's doorstep.]
i believe in my heart i believe in my soul
Xion and Muffet both came for visits, but Yuuri, strangely fearless Yuuri with no fighting skill at all who nonetheless remained instead of going for the shelter of the temple with the other noncombatants, was there for the whole time, maintaining the fire and the water supply and the soup and the care of Ignis (the parts that weren't awkward to ask a young woman to do, anyway, which Asch handled). Gently rebuffing Prompto, looking sometimes at Soma and, constantly, at Ardyn with a strange look on her face, when she thought no one would notice.
Best parts of Asch that the desert brought out: He noticed.
Other best parts of Asch that the desert brought out: a willingness to leave it be.
But now the desert is gone, and the aftermath, well...
Here's Asch, with his red hair tied back in a loose braid and a couple of the feathers from the Jormun's celebration hanging at his temples again. He's spent most of the day setting the tent back up, but now he's finally reached the limit of physical exhaustion.
Only physical, because his mind keeps moving, and that's how he ends up at Yuuri's doorstep.]
Can I ask you something?