Casters gonna cast.

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scala> object Meep { val meep = "meep" }
defined object Meep

scala> class Moop { def x = null.asInstanceOf[Meep.type].meep }
defined class Moop

scala> new Moop().x
java.lang.NullPointerException
  at Moop.x(<console>:12)
  ... 32 elided
  
  
scala> object Meep2 { final val meep = "meep" }
defined object Meep2

scala> class Moop2 { def x = null.asInstanceOf[Meep2.type].meep }
defined class Moop2

scala> new Moop2().x
res0: String = meep