[Ion nods, still unable to lift his gaze to meet Guy's.] Yes. I removed it shortly after you were brought here.
[But at Guy's question, he has to look up. After everything that's happened, after what Ion just told him... he's asking about Ion? For a moment, he looks genuinely lost as to what to say.]
...I'm the one who should be asking you. You've been unconscious this whole time.
[Many unspoken words hang just off the tip of his tongue, but he can't bring himself to say them. Asch is dead. He was killed by your blade. How are you so calm about this? Why...? It would be cruel to ask such things, and he knows it. It wasn't Guy's fault. It was the Curse Slot... and even then, not knowing the details of what happened, there's no telling whether Asch had even been a target at all.]
[And even if he had... what was there for Guy to say? Guy and Asch weren't friends. He had no obligation to feel anything about killing him, other than perhaps the guilt of knowing he indirectly caused the death of an innocent man.]
[But perhaps the truth of the matter was Asch was Ion's friend. And even knowing Guy wasn't the right one to blame for his death, and that this wasn't the same Guy who Asch had been involved with... he still wanted Guy to feel something for him.]
/I think I just beat you in lateness....
[But at Guy's question, he has to look up. After everything that's happened, after what Ion just told him... he's asking about Ion? For a moment, he looks genuinely lost as to what to say.]
...I'm the one who should be asking you. You've been unconscious this whole time.
[Many unspoken words hang just off the tip of his tongue, but he can't bring himself to say them. Asch is dead. He was killed by your blade. How are you so calm about this? Why...? It would be cruel to ask such things, and he knows it. It wasn't Guy's fault. It was the Curse Slot... and even then, not knowing the details of what happened, there's no telling whether Asch had even been a target at all.]
[And even if he had... what was there for Guy to say? Guy and Asch weren't friends. He had no obligation to feel anything about killing him, other than perhaps the guilt of knowing he indirectly caused the death of an innocent man.]
[But perhaps the truth of the matter was Asch was Ion's friend. And even knowing Guy wasn't the right one to blame for his death, and that this wasn't the same Guy who Asch had been involved with... he still wanted Guy to feel something for him.]