Some people, some demons. Same shit, different universe.

[he huffs out a sigh and it carries over their mental link, too. it's frustrated, but relieved. it feels good to know he can actually unload on someone about this]

I was too bombed at your place to even want to tell you what happened, but ... you ...

[this is both the hardest and easiest thing to admit, and were Ash a deeper person, he'd marvel at the duality of it. instead, it's just odd. his crystal's still glowing as he breaks down the first layer of that Pink Floyd-esque wall]

I should tell you. Y'know. How it really started. How it went down. You already told me a ton of your shit. It seems ...

[what's that word that hasn't even seemed like a real concept in decades? right]

Fair.