[...Maybe it's just seeing what they do when they're given an opportunity to understand.
Something about that hits and rattles the center of his core. It feels familiar. He's quiet on the other end, his silence overtaken by tiny purrs, as he tries to place the feeling.
It's what Frisk did, isn't it? Despite the fear, despite the unknown, they knew the only thing to do in the face of potential cruelty and destruction is... nothing.
It's to wait. To have mercy instead of retaliating. To offer patience to the storm and wait for it to end, to see if it ever will. Because even if it doesn't, at least you stalled it for everyone else.
...no, that last bit doesn't sound like Frisk at all. There wasn't any stalling. Why does that...?
Whatever. Finally, he laughs. It isn't joyous, but it's understanding.] Yeah. I guess so.
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Something about that hits and rattles the center of his core. It feels familiar. He's quiet on the other end, his silence overtaken by tiny purrs, as he tries to place the feeling.
It's what Frisk did, isn't it? Despite the fear, despite the unknown, they knew the only thing to do in the face of potential cruelty and destruction is... nothing.
It's to wait. To have mercy instead of retaliating. To offer patience to the storm and wait for it to end, to see if it ever will. Because even if it doesn't, at least you stalled it for everyone else.
...no, that last bit doesn't sound like Frisk at all. There wasn't any stalling. Why does that...?
Whatever. Finally, he laughs. It isn't joyous, but it's understanding.] Yeah. I guess so.
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Thanks, Peri-darling.