[He knows. He knows, because he's seen it - been privy to memories that weren't his to peer into, yet another invasive spike of someone else's head unfurling through a child's soul. He hasn't seen him since they showed up - is he even still here? Does it really matter? He's got no clue what Chara said to him, but whatever it was, it must have been effective in getting him to stay away.]
[He's still not entirely certain how he's meant to feel about that. Relieved, maybe. And then guilty for that relief, because it means the explanation he has no idea how to pull out of his gut doesn't have to come.]
[Pulling tighter around themself, referencing a name and a face that they probably aren't meant to be referencing - ]
[Chara's easier, in some ways. They're easier, because he always knows, with them, what it means when he's said the wrong thing. When he's made a misstep, they make it obvious. They don't tolerate his bullshit.]
[Frisk tolerates entirely too much bullshit, and something's taught them to shut up before they can make it as obvious as Chara does.]
Crying doesn't make you less tough. Just means...[He almost seems to lose his momentum for a moment, lost in a recollection of something he doesn't enumerate.] It's not on you, if things get to be too hard for a bit.
[It feels obvious once it's said aloud. But it still needs to be said.]
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[He knows. He knows, because he's seen it - been privy to memories that weren't his to peer into, yet another invasive spike of someone else's head unfurling through a child's soul. He hasn't seen him since they showed up - is he even still here? Does it really matter? He's got no clue what Chara said to him, but whatever it was, it must have been effective in getting him to stay away.]
[He's still not entirely certain how he's meant to feel about that. Relieved, maybe. And then guilty for that relief, because it means the explanation he has no idea how to pull out of his gut doesn't have to come.]
[Pulling tighter around themself, referencing a name and a face that they probably aren't meant to be referencing - ]
[Chara's easier, in some ways. They're easier, because he always knows, with them, what it means when he's said the wrong thing. When he's made a misstep, they make it obvious. They don't tolerate his bullshit.]
[Frisk tolerates entirely too much bullshit, and something's taught them to shut up before they can make it as obvious as Chara does.]
Crying doesn't make you less tough. Just means...[He almost seems to lose his momentum for a moment, lost in a recollection of something he doesn't enumerate.] It's not on you, if things get to be too hard for a bit.
[It feels obvious once it's said aloud. But it still needs to be said.]