[The vessel. Ding ding ding! Again, he claps, and again, it's too loud, too sharp, a vicious bark of noise designed to elicit a flinch.]
"The flower from the surface." But you didn't know where the dust fell. Aren't you scientists supposed to be smart?
[Like he can buy an EXCUSE like that! What, flowers just crawl through the barrier totally on their own, unrelated to the being who went to the surface and back? Or maybe with his last few breaths, he just lobbed those seeds in ahead of him, so they'd stay nice and sparkly-clean when their shared body turned to nothing? Maybe he mailed them 6-8 weeks ahead of time!
There's nothing but seething contempt behind his smile.]
You know... at first, I cried out for Mommy and Daddy. I couldn't move my arms or legs, could I? I couldn't move at all. It was like I was trapped inside my own body. And for weeks and weeks, I hovered around each of them in turn. I let the king carry me around our empty, silent house in a stupid planter. I tried so hard to feel happy. To feel like I was home. To feel like I was loved, and I had someone I loved, too.
Nothing happened.
Can you imagine how that would feel, Alphys? To feel like a stranger in your own home? To completely lose the ability to connect to your own parents?
I couldn't stand it. I decided... that life wasn't worth living anymore. I had my family. I had my home. I had all my toys and books and all my favourite places. But it felt like I was viewing everything behind a dirty window. Like nothing could really reach me anymore.
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"The flower from the surface." But you didn't know where the dust fell. Aren't you scientists supposed to be smart?
[Like he can buy an EXCUSE like that! What, flowers just crawl through the barrier totally on their own, unrelated to the being who went to the surface and back? Or maybe with his last few breaths, he just lobbed those seeds in ahead of him, so they'd stay nice and sparkly-clean when their shared body turned to nothing? Maybe he mailed them 6-8 weeks ahead of time!
There's nothing but seething contempt behind his smile.]
You know... at first, I cried out for Mommy and Daddy. I couldn't move my arms or legs, could I? I couldn't move at all. It was like I was trapped inside my own body. And for weeks and weeks, I hovered around each of them in turn. I let the king carry me around our empty, silent house in a stupid planter. I tried so hard to feel happy. To feel like I was home. To feel like I was loved, and I had someone I loved, too.
Nothing happened.
Can you imagine how that would feel, Alphys? To feel like a stranger in your own home? To completely lose the ability to connect to your own parents?
I couldn't stand it. I decided... that life wasn't worth living anymore. I had my family. I had my home. I had all my toys and books and all my favourite places. But it felt like I was viewing everything behind a dirty window. Like nothing could really reach me anymore.
And you know what? It's all because of you.