They flinch a little when Kaworu points out their lack of choice. They know...they know that. They've always known that.
"I wasn't ever able t' die."
Not really, not the way they'd wanted to so long ago. Not the way they've pondered in brief moments of despair, before they remembered it wasn't just their life that the SOUL in their chest carried with it anymore.
Their life isn't theirs any longer. They have no right to be so selfish.
The rest of it...Frisk hears it, mostly. It's hard to understand in their current frame of mind, but Frisk has becomes used to Kaworu's quirks. The unique way he says things, the habit of listening carefully and thinking over the words he chose, it makes his meaning a little more clear.
Live, and find more people. There's still a future waiting for them.
Stay determined...right?
"I...I'm tryin'. I-I really am, I know I c-can't...I can't go back. But it hurts so much...!"
Frisk pulls back finally, wiping at their eyes and nose before looking up at Kaworu with a desperate expression.
"How do you...th' boy you're waiting for, he's th' most important, right? A-an' you--you never even had him here, I couldn't even get you b-back to him...an' this timeline's so long! How do...h-how..."
Their head bows, and Frisk shrinks in on themself.
"'S it 'cuz of who you are? A-am I...'m just broken, right?"
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"I wasn't ever able t' die."
Not really, not the way they'd wanted to so long ago. Not the way they've pondered in brief moments of despair, before they remembered it wasn't just their life that the SOUL in their chest carried with it anymore.
Their life isn't theirs any longer. They have no right to be so selfish.
The rest of it...Frisk hears it, mostly. It's hard to understand in their current frame of mind, but Frisk has becomes used to Kaworu's quirks. The unique way he says things, the habit of listening carefully and thinking over the words he chose, it makes his meaning a little more clear.
Live, and find more people. There's still a future waiting for them.
Stay determined...right?
"I...I'm tryin'. I-I really am, I know I c-can't...I can't go back. But it hurts so much...!"
Frisk pulls back finally, wiping at their eyes and nose before looking up at Kaworu with a desperate expression.
"How do you...th' boy you're waiting for, he's th' most important, right? A-an' you--you never even had him here, I couldn't even get you b-back to him...an' this timeline's so long! How do...h-how..."
Their head bows, and Frisk shrinks in on themself.
"'S it 'cuz of who you are? A-am I...'m just broken, right?"