He told them about that once, walking through New Home's too-silent halls. Does he remember that? Could he tell them what lurks beyond Sans in that timeline? It's better, they think, not to wonder. The story he told was heartrending enough in and of itself. The way that he had to suffer, all because of their stupid, stupid plan... all he was ever guilty of was coming to the aid of someone who cried for help. Look where it got him, right? Now he's the one who cried out, only he had to learn what it was like when nobody came. He had to see for himself what humanity was really like, because you wouldn't explain why you hated them so much.

"Yeah. Hot chocolate sounds nice." They answer, so they don't have to own up to any other truths. That's it. That's all. They don't have to own up to anything else. They don't have to say anything. They don't. They won't. They're all done-

"When you told me about that memory in New Home, you told me that you decided to follow in my footsteps," they point out, head down, rosiness draining from their cheeks. "I taught you that, didn't I? When I told you why I climbed the mountain. When I..." Follow in your footsteps, right? Do like you do, Chara. He tried to erase himself from existence, because you showed him how to.

"The last time you came here... the you before you, I mean. That Asriel... tried again, because of me."