[Asch doesn't think it's stupid at all. Contrary, yes, and he's well aware of that. He'd said as much to his replica, back then- this isn't about logic. This is thought, emotion, feeling. He knows what he thinks, what he believes, is very very different from how he feels.
He's not sure if Van can ever understand this, but here - and now - he'll try to make it more clear.]
I don't have to hate you to disagree with what you're doing. Hate has nothing to do with it. You're my enemy because of circumstance. Because of-
[Jealousy. Fear. Disgust for the lengths you'd go to destroy the Score.
It's too much.]
... I wanted to be by your side, but you took that choice from me as soon as you chose death and replicas over living free from the Score. I'm with the replica because he understands that, not because it's what I prefer.
[Even in Luceti, even in a place with no Score at all, familiarity is safer than trying to face the past. Luke may be a replica, but for him, the innocent are never an acceptable sacrifice. And he still has people he wants to protect.]
[Action, January 15th]
He's not sure if Van can ever understand this, but here - and now - he'll try to make it more clear.]
I don't have to hate you to disagree with what you're doing. Hate has nothing to do with it. You're my enemy because of circumstance. Because of-
[Jealousy. Fear. Disgust for the lengths you'd go to destroy the Score.
It's too much.]
... I wanted to be by your side, but you took that choice from me as soon as you chose death and replicas over living free from the Score. I'm with the replica because he understands that, not because it's what I prefer.
[Even in Luceti, even in a place with no Score at all, familiarity is safer than trying to face the past. Luke may be a replica, but for him, the innocent are never an acceptable sacrifice. And he still has people he wants to protect.]