To Protect You

If there was one person who could tell Ashton about cloning, it had to be his mother. Judging from what she revealed the last time they had a chat, Ashton himself is supposed to be something like a clone or has a bit of artificial origin.

Even though it was incredibly hard to come to terms with that information, Ashton had made his peace with it. He was a living being and that was all that mattered to him. How he was conceived all those years ago, wasn't of his concern. 

As he once again walked into the makeshift lab, he saw Avalina pacing up and down, packing everything up. It was already time for her to leave. 

"Leaving already?" Ashton casually asked. 

"Well, I don't have anything else to do here either way." Avalina smiled wanly, "I have places to be and things to do..."

"Don't we all?" Ashton said and began helping her, "There was something I've been wanting to ask you about."