[This question gives him pause. And it raises another possibility. Could this be Asch, altered in some way? Keeping tabs on Asch had proven to be tedious - Jade only occasionally visited Good Spirits, Asch was not a frequent user of the journals, and the only time he risked getting close enough to the home shared by Arietta was for that one April fools prank that was totally worth it.]

Asch is the name of a particularly reclusive and grumpy inhabitant of this village. I suppose if you took a few years off of him, introduced him to a zealous barber and managed to show him the benefits of smiling, he would bare a startling resemblance to yourself.

[He might as well keep him on a need-to-know basis. Especially when he wasn't sure about the true nature of this apparent Luke. He does keep the risks in mind, though. If this wasn't truly a shifted Asch, the real Asch could still be out there, and the last thing they needed was a new replica feud.]

Regardless, it's an irrelevant matter. You're better off avoiding such sour company. I'd much rather like to know the last thing you remember from Auldrant before arriving here.