You hide your face. That's how you keep people from knowing who - what - lies underneath. Maybe the shape of your crouch or the twitch of your limbs gives you away, or leads them to suspect what it is they're dealing with, but they'll have to catch you first, lever that all-concealing disc away from your face and bear the expression that lies beneath.

"I'm not doing this for a reward," he says. His shoulders jerk in a shrug. "You deserve to have someone in your corner."

There's a good chance neither of them will believe him - or at least, Chara has a good reason not to trust that.

They deserve, both of them, to have someone in their corner who can remember why they're in that corner in the first place. He's not the ideal candidate in any case, but he's the only one they have. All in all, that's pretty damn unfortunate for everyone.

They'll make do.