They tighten up. Bow their head until their forehead hits their knees, grip themselves like they can squeezes themselves down into something so small it's invisible. Curl in until they can't shrink anymore. Not because he needs time, but because he talks like... like it isn't already the end. They can't. They can't understand it.]
I wouldn't blame you if you didn't. I wouldn't blame you if you hated me. I... I really put you through hell, huh?
[They cannot begin to look at their own actions and see anything that is worthy of love. They just... they fear, they think. That his trust will be his undoing again. That Chara will prove poisonous and horrible and vile again, that their love will only be something hurtful. That maybe the way he ended up making sense of it... maybe that's the best way. Maybe they shouldn't doubt him, either. Maybe it would be healthier if they neatly snipped themselves out of his life and fill the blank space in with something nicer.]
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They tighten up. Bow their head until their forehead hits their knees, grip themselves like they can squeezes themselves down into something so small it's invisible. Curl in until they can't shrink anymore. Not because he needs time, but because he talks like... like it isn't already the end. They can't. They can't understand it.]
I wouldn't blame you if you didn't. I wouldn't blame you if you hated me. I... I really put you through hell, huh?
[They cannot begin to look at their own actions and see anything that is worthy of love. They just... they fear, they think. That his trust will be his undoing again. That Chara will prove poisonous and horrible and vile again, that their love will only be something hurtful. That maybe the way he ended up making sense of it... maybe that's the best way. Maybe they shouldn't doubt him, either. Maybe it would be healthier if they neatly snipped themselves out of his life and fill the blank space in with something nicer.]