[Too determined. She's heard Frisk and Chara throw that word around. She'll have to ask exactly what it's for one day, because she bets there's something poignant behind it's meaning. In the interim, she listens, tries a reassuring smile.]
I'm not good at quitting. But I think you already know that.
[It's something they share. And it hurts her to hear this, but Chara is being truthful with her. More than that, they're baring their honesty in a way she doesn't see them do almost ever. It's something she has to respect.]
... I understand. I just didn't want you to think I'd forgotten about you. Like I trashed you for something better. But... not everything works out, all the time. Not everything can.
[Because she thinks she knows what promise they may have made, if they disappeared just after Frisk.]
I don't want you to be forced into anything. And especially not into thinking you aren't-- well. Loved.
[She has her own issues with saying the l word out loud, but she can push it aside for Chara. It's used in another tense, see? Totally fair.]
GOOD, WE'RE BOTH DEAD just what shep and chara have always wanted haha
I'm not good at quitting. But I think you already know that.
[It's something they share. And it hurts her to hear this, but Chara is being truthful with her. More than that, they're baring their honesty in a way she doesn't see them do almost ever. It's something she has to respect.]
... I understand. I just didn't want you to think I'd forgotten about you. Like I trashed you for something better. But... not everything works out, all the time. Not everything can.
[Because she thinks she knows what promise they may have made, if they disappeared just after Frisk.]
I don't want you to be forced into anything. And especially not into thinking you aren't-- well. Loved.
[She has her own issues with saying the l word out loud, but she can push it aside for Chara. It's used in another tense, see? Totally fair.]