He can't help laughing a little at that. "I think you just went from idols to aliens." Or some kind of weird horror movie, in any case. "I'm not sure why anyone would try to take my place, anyway. Not much in it for them other than school work." Even if they were more interested in Ariel, there would definitely be easier ways to talk to him, and plenty of other people who see him more regularly than Asher does at this point.
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