I'm... guessing there's no chance they'd just bring us down and let us explain this was a misunderstanding, is there?
[He's been through a bit too much to be that trusting, that naive. You don't try to boil someone alive by accident.]
But Clementine... if you think you've been here before, then do you think you can figure out how to get back to that cottage? We're going to have to run fast when we're free, and I, um. I don't really know where to go.
[Asriel watches the monkeys closely. One of them looks up, notices their attempt to break free of their cage. Before he can lunge for the winch and plunge them into the water, though, Asriel focuses. A ring of those shapeless little friendliness pellets springs up between the two monkeys and the winch. The one who reached draws back sharply, clutching a stinging hand.]
We're REALLY not going to have time for being lost.
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[He's been through a bit too much to be that trusting, that naive. You don't try to boil someone alive by accident.]
But Clementine... if you think you've been here before, then do you think you can figure out how to get back to that cottage? We're going to have to run fast when we're free, and I, um. I don't really know where to go.
[Asriel watches the monkeys closely. One of them looks up, notices their attempt to break free of their cage. Before he can lunge for the winch and plunge them into the water, though, Asriel focuses. A ring of those shapeless little friendliness pellets springs up between the two monkeys and the winch. The one who reached draws back sharply, clutching a stinging hand.]
We're REALLY not going to have time for being lost.