They're not always as unfeeling and cold as their Real is; they can't lock themself completely behind a smile. A voice calls their name, and the series of reactions they go through is plain as day.
Alarm - Frisk must be back already, and that was so quick, and what did they take, and did they... oh, but wait. There are no familiar weapons or armor. They don't stride in with the uncaring confidence of someone who knows a room exists only for them and whatever they can get out of it. They approach like they're inching toward a startled bird.
Hope - just for a minute. At last... at last, Frisk's come for them, come to SAVE them, come to do everything they promised. Frisk must have been waiting and hoping for so long, too, and it must have been just as hard for them to bear! The excitement at meeting is - it's - they've never gotten their hopes up for much, but they'd believed in Frisk and every time they'd said they were friends, and now they...
They...
Start to notice the stiffness of Frisk's smile. The forced nature.
Like they weren't really what Frisk wanted to see.
But that's... ha ha, that's crazy, right? It must be all in their head. They smile and seize the ends of their sleeves and crinkle them up into a hopelessly rumpled mess, wringing and squeezing like they're the only lifeline Chara's got. They've been waiting all their life for this! They can't start doubting now! They'll never doubt Frisk!
"Frisk. I... I can hardly believe it's... you really came for me. You found me!"
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Alarm - Frisk must be back already, and that was so quick, and what did they take, and did they... oh, but wait. There are no familiar weapons or armor. They don't stride in with the uncaring confidence of someone who knows a room exists only for them and whatever they can get out of it. They approach like they're inching toward a startled bird.
Hope - just for a minute. At last... at last, Frisk's come for them, come to SAVE them, come to do everything they promised. Frisk must have been waiting and hoping for so long, too, and it must have been just as hard for them to bear! The excitement at meeting is - it's - they've never gotten their hopes up for much, but they'd believed in Frisk and every time they'd said they were friends, and now they...
They...
Start to notice the stiffness of Frisk's smile. The forced nature.
Like they weren't really what Frisk wanted to see.
But that's... ha ha, that's crazy, right? It must be all in their head. They smile and seize the ends of their sleeves and crinkle them up into a hopelessly rumpled mess, wringing and squeezing like they're the only lifeline Chara's got. They've been waiting all their life for this! They can't start doubting now! They'll never doubt Frisk!
"Frisk. I... I can hardly believe it's... you really came for me. You found me!"