"No!" They squeak the answer out almost immediately, wide-eyed and spooked. "If they find out we've been talking, they'll use that against you. They'll take it out on me. No one will be happy with this."

They already know they're a prop. They already know that letting people know you care is just an invitation to have it weaponized against you. "It's... you're doing more than enough already, Frisk, really. It means a lot that you're just willing to talk to me, especially when things... when things are so... you know. When you're going through all this."