The diversion is as much for his sake as it is for her. There's nothing he could say here that would make her agree with him. To change her mind and accept his word as truth. Just like with Sans, who had tried explain it with words and concepts she couldn't understand, it would change way too many things. And that is too big for her to handle.
"I don't know. What else is there left." A strangely honest answer. She doesn't know what to think. What is this thing between them and what did all of this mean anymore. Before the shooting, before their fight there had been a period when J had thought that maybe there was something more than just dumb, clumsy flirtation. Something more genuine but then they had to go and ruin it.
Another thing she always seems to do. But in the end, maybe it's better this way.
"Too bad." She says with a shrug of shoulders, the weight from the sense of completion billowing on her. "But you know what they say. Better luck next time."
cw: talk about past abuse
"I don't know. What else is there left." A strangely honest answer. She doesn't know what to think. What is this thing between them and what did all of this mean anymore. Before the shooting, before their fight there had been a period when J had thought that maybe there was something more than just dumb, clumsy flirtation. Something more genuine but then they had to go and ruin it.
Another thing she always seems to do. But in the end, maybe it's better this way.
"Too bad." She says with a shrug of shoulders, the weight from the sense of completion billowing on her. "But you know what they say. Better luck next time."