[Asch is really making it seem as though he finds Luke to be an embarrassment. It's not difficult to pick up on this at all, since he keeps denying that anything Luke is or did is "his fault".]

I'm not saying that either of you is at fault, nor that anyone here is an idiot.

[What else does Luke do. Well...] Luke always looked forward to practicing the sword with Van, and he hated being confined to the manor. He's good at climbing trees and playing hide-and-seek, and sometimes he'll look off into the distance when he thinks no one is watching him. He doesn't like to be dirty, though, and if you force too much on him at once he'll complain.

I had quite a time convincing him that study was important. In the beginning he would always resist and say that I was being annoying.

[...] Then he'd try to sneak off to play with Guy.