...even if the memories were the same as the original's, they would still be memories of times that never passed for the replica. False memories would only be a painful reminder of what they can never be.

[It only occurs to Ion now that he's never really spoken to Jade about replicas like this. It's only in Luceti that he's come to be more open about just who and what he is -- and perhaps that's why his words might come off as notably more defensive than he would have been about the topic back home.]

[After all, had it been possible on Auldrant for replicas to retain their original's memories, that same process would have no doubt been used on Ion. And the only case he's aware of in Luceti is his best friend. How could a replica accept himself as a individual being separate from his original if they held the same memories?]

It's for the best that such things aren't possible on Auldrant.