[He forgets this, sometimes, also. That Frisk can be assertive. They can put their foot down.]
[He stares at them.]
like what? talk about them like what? i don't get it. i don't--what am i supposed to know, frisk? what am i supposed to know that's so damn scary? i don't know everything. i just pretended to. i'm just good at guessing. good at observing.
[What's the point of arguing? They're not going to believe him.]
so i'll tell you what i've managed to guess and observe. it wasn't about alphys. it wasn't about the amalgamates. it was specifically about having seen the lab before that made chara so upset. that made you so upset. so there's something in there that ties back to chara. and whatever it is, i don't know it. i don't know it at all. i assumed it was because it's where the flower was made, but i guess that's not it. i don't know it, and i don't want to. i don't care. it's none of my business. done enough of digging into you kids' lives, haven't i? done enough actively ruining things. but that's just me, i guess. got no one to blame but myself. i'm the one who acted like i somehow had my thumb on the pulse of the whole world. well. never really have anyone to blame for anything but myself.
[He goes quiet, staring off to the side now, expression neutral, everything about him as neutral and uncaring as it always is. Because it would all have been so much better, so much easier, if he had really just not cared for real.]
action
[He stares at them.]
like what? talk about them like what? i don't get it. i don't--what am i supposed to know, frisk? what am i supposed to know that's so damn scary? i don't know everything. i just pretended to. i'm just good at guessing. good at observing.
[What's the point of arguing? They're not going to believe him.]
so i'll tell you what i've managed to guess and observe. it wasn't about alphys. it wasn't about the amalgamates. it was specifically about having seen the lab before that made chara so upset. that made you so upset. so there's something in there that ties back to chara. and whatever it is, i don't know it. i don't know it at all. i assumed it was because it's where the flower was made, but i guess that's not it. i don't know it, and i don't want to. i don't care. it's none of my business. done enough of digging into you kids' lives, haven't i? done enough actively ruining things. but that's just me, i guess. got no one to blame but myself. i'm the one who acted like i somehow had my thumb on the pulse of the whole world. well. never really have anyone to blame for anything but myself.
[He goes quiet, staring off to the side now, expression neutral, everything about him as neutral and uncaring as it always is. Because it would all have been so much better, so much easier, if he had really just not cared for real.]
...i'm sorry.