[This... was entirely unexpected to Luke. Lloyd being angry? Sure, that might have been a thing. But at Luke's circumstances rather than Luke himself? That isn't something he was preparing for, not when he just came from his friends abandoning him. Of course, that was for another reason, but still.

And he's saying the has the right to exist. Even when he was - when he thought he was normal, who ever said that to him? No one, not even his master.

It's painful, really, considering how backwards his own thoughts are. It's why Luke keeps his gaze away and even flinches at the word "sacrifice".]

Then why else was I born?! [When he looks up, he makes that same motion of slashing his hand through the air, but with a closed, shaking fist.] Master Van needed Asch! So - So why not let the stupid, useless replica die instead, no one would care! He planned to do that since... since before I was even...