[Not enough to matter, they say. I could have dealt with it. With a soft huff of breath through their nose, they watch Frisk leap from their perch, expression not so much skeptical as it is grimly accepting. Of course they could have dealt with it.

That's not the point. The point is ensuring they never have to.]

It reminded me of something. This island- the castle before it.

You can never really tell what can come back to haunt you.