[They're not stupid enough to fall for the ploy. But the Knife - ]
[They will never let that go. The first time they misbehaved they took him away; took him away for days, long days in which they had nothing but a Locket to cling to and a Knife to turn over and over in their hands and the low, quiet murmurs they tried to utter to Frisk's ear, as they cried.]
[They'll never let it go again.]
[They'll FIGHT all the harder to keep it. To keep him.] [For I'm forever missing him.] [Despite their best interests. Despite their common sense.] [Despite everything.]
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[They will never let that go. The first time they misbehaved they took him away; took him away for days, long days in which they had nothing but a Locket to cling to and a Knife to turn over and over in their hands and the low, quiet murmurs they tried to utter to Frisk's ear, as they cried.]
[They'll never let it go again.]
[They'll FIGHT all the harder to keep it. To keep him.]
[For I'm forever missing him.]
[Despite their best interests. Despite their common sense.]
[Despite everything.]
[They lunge for it.]