I don't know. [It's hard- she wants to do this the way Steven did it, even though she's called that tactic naive and ridiculous before. But it worked for her, and when she put the same offer to Yellow Diamond, it didn't]Steven never had one. He wanted to help Jasper even when all she wanted to do was kill him, and... I wasn't any better.
Maybe it's just seeing what they do when they're given an opportunity to understand.
[...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.
Hnngh. The point is I think that's what makes it mean more. If it were easy, you wouldn't feel anything. And as much as I am a being who prefers logic and reason to feelings... They're still important. And necessary.
Feeling good is important, and you can't always feel good unless you earn it.
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So. After she watched him die.
There's a bit more rustling as that rumbling gets louder. It's fairly obvious now Mettaton is laying next to something that's purring.]
I can see that with George. [In hindsight. After being proven wrong about him, again and again.] But Percy was violent. He had no mercy.
Where is the line?
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Maybe it's just seeing what they do when they're given an opportunity to understand.
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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.
[...]
Thanks, Peri-darling.
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[There's a pause, and then she adds, almost hesitantly.] It doesn't really get easier to think like that. I wish it did.
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Feeling good is important, and you can't always feel good unless you earn it.