Because I noticed that since the day you arrived here, you've been comfortable sleeping around Ardyn.
[That might not sound strange, if you didn't know what Ardyn was. But Asch does. And he knows that even on Monsun, most people weren't comfortable sleeping around him. New arrivals aren't known for being comfortable in any measure, and those who had been here for any length of time...
Well, they tend to catch on that there's something off about him rather quickly. Or Ardyn, in his self-flagellating, tells them exactly how uncomfortable they should be around him.]
In fact, I'd go so far as to say you sleep better if you know he's there. And I of all people know that isn't normal.
[After all, Yuuri isn't the only one who feels more secure in those circumstances.]
You knew another version of him, didn't you? In whatever place you were before. You got comfortable with some other Ardyn, and now even though you know better, you can't turn that instinctive level of trust off completely, the same way Xion can't turn it off in regards to me.
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[That might not sound strange, if you didn't know what Ardyn was. But Asch does. And he knows that even on Monsun, most people weren't comfortable sleeping around him. New arrivals aren't known for being comfortable in any measure, and those who had been here for any length of time...
Well, they tend to catch on that there's something off about him rather quickly. Or Ardyn, in his self-flagellating, tells them exactly how uncomfortable they should be around him.]
In fact, I'd go so far as to say you sleep better if you know he's there. And I of all people know that isn't normal.
[After all, Yuuri isn't the only one who feels more secure in those circumstances.]
You knew another version of him, didn't you? In whatever place you were before. You got comfortable with some other Ardyn, and now even though you know better, you can't turn that instinctive level of trust off completely, the same way Xion can't turn it off in regards to me.