[Why is Frisk even talking about when Chara gets hurt? Absolutely nothing happened to hurt Chara. This was supposed to be about Frisk. Now it's just... it keeps circling back to this. The victim trying to comfort the bully, like that makes any sense at all. And Frisk says they're not being forced into it, not being manipulated, but... trying to admit you're in any pain at all just shouts over the people who are really hurt, huh? Still looking for attention, Chara. You're the exact same creature you were on the surface.
They don't want Frisk to talk about this anymore. It's nauseating. Trying to soothe someone who's completely fine, who doesn't want an empty roll of it's-okays and pitying pats on the head so they don't have to think about one more person they trust harming them.
So they ERASE it. Shove it away. Pull out some snail facts. Something close enough to seem relevant, but not actually talking about them at all.]
Back in the middle ages, I heard people believed in mortification of the flesh in a very literal sense. Flagellants, they called themselves.
[A fact from a dusty old book, too advanced for a kid their age - but they always were so grown up, and age is just a number, isn't it?]
God will forgive you for your sins, but you must suffer to reduce the punishment that sin carries with it. So they'd journey around from town to town, reciting psalms and whipping themselves until they bled. They touted suffering as a pious act. Something that made them closer to Christ, I guess. Like the way he suffered was an example he set for everyone.
[A recitation that feels like standing in a golden hallway, listening to distant bells and staring up at stained glass.]
cw self-harm in a religious context?? how do i tag this
They don't want Frisk to talk about this anymore. It's nauseating. Trying to soothe someone who's completely fine, who doesn't want an empty roll of it's-okays and pitying pats on the head so they don't have to think about one more person they trust harming them.
So they ERASE it. Shove it away. Pull out some snail facts. Something close enough to seem relevant, but not actually talking about them at all.]
Back in the middle ages, I heard people believed in mortification of the flesh in a very literal sense. Flagellants, they called themselves.
[A fact from a dusty old book, too advanced for a kid their age - but they always were so grown up, and age is just a number, isn't it?]
God will forgive you for your sins, but you must suffer to reduce the punishment that sin carries with it. So they'd journey around from town to town, reciting psalms and whipping themselves until they bled. They touted suffering as a pious act. Something that made them closer to Christ, I guess. Like the way he suffered was an example he set for everyone.
[A recitation that feels like standing in a golden hallway, listening to distant bells and staring up at stained glass.]