"What?" The confusion is apparent in his expression - for a moment, Asch looks strikingly like his replica in a typical bout of confusion, even more so than usual. His question is cut off by another voice, this one completely unfamiliar.

He gives Jay an obvious look over; weird cheek spots aside, those clothes were never an Auldrant fashion. Well, it's not like he's in any place to judge Dist for shacking up with an otherworlder. "Asch," he says finally. "We're... old acquaintances."