That's... not what getting better is, huh. Please don't think about this anymore. Let them go. Chara's been gone for a long time. That's... hm. That's just turning it into one of those Surface things. You're not supposed to talk about them, or you'll make people mad at you. Have they been making that worse, they wonder? Using "is this a Surface kind of don't talk about it" as an excuse? Letting things stay bottled up instead of giving Frisk someone to share them with?
"You are getting better," they say, and because they can say it, that proves it's true, right? "You hold your head higher than you used to. You say no more often. You're getting better at telling people it's not okay when things aren't, well, okay." They... Chara isn't sure, in truth, if they can see that. It's hard to notice things about yourself sometimes, ha ha. Growth sneaks up on asterisk-you.
They're... focusing on the first half of what Frisk said. Kind of glossing over the second part, the part they're really struggling to get across. Frisk is probably aware of that. But then, they're probably aware, too, that Chara takes action into account far more than words. Anyone can just say things, right? Anyone could be lying. Anyone could be totally convinced the contradictory, fake thing they're saying is true, because you tricked them into believing it. They can claim that any costume worn would have been an untrue, exaggerated form of what it was really meant to be, but... Chara didn't turn into a hellish, violent version of their stupid embarrassing fursona, right? Frisk didn't turn into a wrathful, blood-hungry parody of a ghost when they donned their first costume. Should they assume that for some reason, because it was Chara instead of a generic ghost, it's suddenly an exception? It's just that one time was mysteriously fated to be inaccurate, no matter what costume it was, for no reason?
It's just words, with no real evidence at all.
But they don't... they don't want to keep hurting Frisk with this.
"I think you don't have to worry about this so much," they answer. "I think what's important to me - to both of us - is that you don't have to resign yourself to being doomed, Frisk. You don't have to linger on regrets. You've come so far already. You have it in you to keep moving forward. You've overcome everything that's tried to drag you down so far. Despite the world's best efforts and despite the occasional setbacks and relapses, you survive. You progress. You have learned from this, and because of it, you have more faith in your ability to be loved despite your imperfections. Is that not the most important part of this? Maybe... it's the only part of this that really matters?"
It sounds unspeakably after-school-special to phrase that as a question, good god. Nonetheless, they phrase it as a question, because they don't really want to test if someone as stuck in the past as them believes that's really true or not.
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"You are getting better," they say, and because they can say it, that proves it's true, right? "You hold your head higher than you used to. You say no more often. You're getting better at telling people it's not okay when things aren't, well, okay." They... Chara isn't sure, in truth, if they can see that. It's hard to notice things about yourself sometimes, ha ha. Growth sneaks up on asterisk-you.
They're... focusing on the first half of what Frisk said. Kind of glossing over the second part, the part they're really struggling to get across. Frisk is probably aware of that. But then, they're probably aware, too, that Chara takes action into account far more than words. Anyone can just say things, right? Anyone could be lying. Anyone could be totally convinced the contradictory, fake thing they're saying is true, because you tricked them into believing it. They can claim that any costume worn would have been an untrue, exaggerated form of what it was really meant to be, but... Chara didn't turn into a hellish, violent version of their stupid embarrassing fursona, right? Frisk didn't turn into a wrathful, blood-hungry parody of a ghost when they donned their first costume. Should they assume that for some reason, because it was Chara instead of a generic ghost, it's suddenly an exception? It's just that one time was mysteriously fated to be inaccurate, no matter what costume it was, for no reason?
It's just words, with no real evidence at all.
But they don't... they don't want to keep hurting Frisk with this.
"I think you don't have to worry about this so much," they answer. "I think what's important to me - to both of us - is that you don't have to resign yourself to being doomed, Frisk. You don't have to linger on regrets. You've come so far already. You have it in you to keep moving forward. You've overcome everything that's tried to drag you down so far. Despite the world's best efforts and despite the occasional setbacks and relapses, you survive. You progress. You have learned from this, and because of it, you have more faith in your ability to be loved despite your imperfections. Is that not the most important part of this? Maybe... it's the only part of this that really matters?"
It sounds unspeakably after-school-special to phrase that as a question, good god. Nonetheless, they phrase it as a question, because they don't really want to test if someone as stuck in the past as them believes that's really true or not.