[They blurt it out on reflex, their brain's attempt to expel any unneeded thought while already at capacity, but it helps in its own way; they lift their cheek from Chara's head and turn it away. Need to, or their words will disappear as muffled noises into their Partner's thatch of short, sweaty hair.]
[Everyone already knows Taako's missing, but saying it helps. It's a fact grounded in reality. It exists outside the two of them, though sometimes in Frisk's brightest, perfect moments of clarity, they're not entirely sure anything actually does.]
[Chara breathes, and Frisk breathes, too. They feel that rhythm in the Resonance as strongly as everything else. So Frisk breathes, and thinks harder.]
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[They blurt it out on reflex, their brain's attempt to expel any unneeded thought while already at capacity, but it helps in its own way; they lift their cheek from Chara's head and turn it away. Need to, or their words will disappear as muffled noises into their Partner's thatch of short, sweaty hair.]
[Everyone already knows Taako's missing, but saying it helps. It's a fact grounded in reality. It exists outside the two of them, though sometimes in Frisk's brightest, perfect moments of clarity, they're not entirely sure anything actually does.]
[Chara breathes, and Frisk breathes, too. They feel that rhythm in the Resonance as strongly as everything else. So Frisk breathes, and thinks harder.]
Chara. Have we used it today?
[Their SAVE.]