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[determinedest]

You've reached Frisk. If I'm not answering my phone, please leave a message or find me on the second floor, Room 12.

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[ssmisery]

[She's really not convinced those are such separate things. There's no point arguing, though, it'll just go in circles; whatever is at the heart of this issue has never been explainable.]

maybe.
I guess things just don't work like that for me.

[determinedest]

That doesn't mean you won't find something that will.

[ssmisery]

[It's a nice thought, for whatever that's worth. She hesitates on the reply; could say maybe again, or thanks, but that wouldn't be anything different. Lapis doesn't want to talk about herself any more.

Phrasing this question is delicate. All the more because she doesn't like talking about herself, she's not inclined to make someone she likes talk about themselves if they don't want to. And she's still sensitive to the fact of how narrow her perspective is; she's only been a tiny part of Frisk's stay in Wonderland, and the (unwitting, unsanctioned) glimpse she got of their experiences before it... well. After everything else that happened, she's not about to claim understanding based on that.]

I really am glad that you can enjoy the nice moments.
wonderland doesn't seem to like letting anyone have them for too long.
is this place the worst thing that's happened to you, Frisk?

[determinedest]

No.

[Their Mirror tried to make it so. Tried so very hard, but even then - they weren't alone. They've never been as alone here as they were then, with only a yawning hole in the grass as a possible way out. The most appealing and sole option to someone like them, who had nothing else to lose.]

I guess sometimes it's come close.
But I'm not alone anymore.
That helps.

[ssmisery]

[...]

i guess it does.
thanks for talking to me.

[determinedest]

[Did this help?]

[Was it ever going to?]

I'm sorry.
I wish I could help more.

[ssmisery]

what?

[When a thanks is met with a sorry, something must have gone wrong, surely. Lapis squints at the message, and the right words continue to be hard to find. There are shades of Steven in here; maybe that's just what human children are like, far too good for anyone's good.]

Don't take it personally.
I
There are reasons.

[determinedest]

I just wish I could. That's all.
But you can tell me if there's anything I can do.

[ssmisery]

all right.