heh, timelines and such...it's one of those things you just have to get used to around here.
["Deflecting blame onto other imagined versions of themselves." God.]
[He watches her try to talk through it, watches her remember. Watches her reach for a nonexistent injury. He has to resist the urge to do the same, to raise a hand and trace a line across his chest.]
yeah. doesn't...change it.
[He really is lucky. Not just because of his timelines, but because of his...situation. He has countless timelines behind him, has had more than enough time to get used to all of this, to put some distance between them, to realize that only the current timeline matters. He can't let past timelines influence him. Can't let the fact that the kid has killed him more times than he could ever count affect how he treats the kid here and now.]
[It's never quite easy to get over dying, but once it has become commonplace it lets you be a bit more objective about things. Or maybe it's just that he finds it hard to care anymore.]
yeah, heh. somewhere out there.
...
frisk's...not so bad, though. they're trying real hard to make up for any bad stuff they've done. not gonna ask you to...give them another chance or anything. not after what you've been through.
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["Deflecting blame onto other imagined versions of themselves." God.]
[He watches her try to talk through it, watches her remember. Watches her reach for a nonexistent injury. He has to resist the urge to do the same, to raise a hand and trace a line across his chest.]
yeah. doesn't...change it.
[He really is lucky. Not just because of his timelines, but because of his...situation. He has countless timelines behind him, has had more than enough time to get used to all of this, to put some distance between them, to realize that only the current timeline matters. He can't let past timelines influence him. Can't let the fact that the kid has killed him more times than he could ever count affect how he treats the kid here and now.]
[It's never quite easy to get over dying, but once it has become commonplace it lets you be a bit more objective about things. Or maybe it's just that he finds it hard to care anymore.]
yeah, heh. somewhere out there.
...
frisk's...not so bad, though. they're trying real hard to make up for any bad stuff they've done. not gonna ask you to...give them another chance or anything. not after what you've been through.
[She doesn't have the luxury of distance.]
but they're...i dunno. they're trying.