"We try. Even if some are not happy with humans, I doubt they would want another war." She banishes the thought of Asgore from her mind as quickly as it rises. A war of grief, a war of revenge does not mean hatred as much as it does desperation.

"Still. You deserve a chance to be more than a knight. To be protected as well." There might be a promise there, an unspoken word to keep an eye out for the other monster. Not that Toriel will voice it aloud here and now.