[Haha this is so much worse than their last meeting. Shit.]

U-Uh, well, I mean, people used to a-ask what happened to you, and... you know, m-missed you a lot.

[She fidgets a little. Alphys had sort of gotten the impression that she and Asgore didn't get along necessarily, but... ahhahahah oh jeez.]

But, uh, I w-was mostly studying, uhm, the nature of SOULs, and m-magic. Trying to, uh, b-break the barrier, you know.