[He can always count on Chara. They're always so smart, always calm in situations where he just fizzles into tears, always sure of what to do. Just like that, they know a way to keep them both safe. A way to keep everyone safe!]
I knew I could count on you! We should tell Frisk about this, too, so they'll know which versions to run away from. Um, but we'd better pick something that's not easy to guess, right? Like, it can't just be our middle names or "New Home" or something, or maybe the bad ones will figure it out.
[He's breathing easier already. He holds out one of his paws - the way he's used to doing. An invitation, not a demand. Never touching or grabbing without permission, because he knows that touch can bring up ugly things, the sort of things that he sometimes suspects might have fed into an unhappy reason for climbing a mountain or a hatred of humanity. Just... offering a paw, if they'd feel safer holding hands.]
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[He can always count on Chara. They're always so smart, always calm in situations where he just fizzles into tears, always sure of what to do. Just like that, they know a way to keep them both safe. A way to keep everyone safe!]
I knew I could count on you! We should tell Frisk about this, too, so they'll know which versions to run away from. Um, but we'd better pick something that's not easy to guess, right? Like, it can't just be our middle names or "New Home" or something, or maybe the bad ones will figure it out.
[He's breathing easier already. He holds out one of his paws - the way he's used to doing. An invitation, not a demand. Never touching or grabbing without permission, because he knows that touch can bring up ugly things, the sort of things that he sometimes suspects might have fed into an unhappy reason for climbing a mountain or a hatred of humanity. Just... offering a paw, if they'd feel safer holding hands.]