A shame there was no lens cap to leave on this time around.

[It's not a very funny joke. It mostly just sounds like they're making fun of him. They're not doing a very good job of helping him laugh this off at all. He's... he's kind of just crying this off, if anything.

That's not funny, either.]

...Asriel. Take a deep breath.

There's nothing left to worry about.

You won't turn back into a flower. You won't stop being yourself.

[He never stopped being himself, in their eyes. Compassion was only a single facet of all he was. For all that the plan took away from him, even if it might not have felt like it, he never stopped being worthy of love. But that's... if he doesn't want Frisk to think of that as really him, then it must be a comfort if they do the same.

Just keep being calm. Keep being unaffected. This is no big deal, Asriel. You don't have to be scared. You don't have to be sad. See? Chara is calm. Chara is smiling. It's all okay.]

I'll hide you if you want, but you should know... our clocks have stopped.

...In a different sense than back home.

We don't age anymore. We don't change. We're stuck in the moment Wonderland took us. They won't have to lose you.