Well, they both know that's not true. No one subsists entirely off determination, not even the Amalgamates. But Frisk doesn't press the point. Today's a day for fun, not arguments regarding the nature of their existence.
Frisk frowns, shrugging their shoulders.
"Because we can, we have to?" They feel a little guilty regurgitating those words again, but it's the thing that springs to their mind most easily. They can, and therefore they should? But then again, it's not...wrong, exactly. They have the power to save people from a lot of fear and potential death. They can solve those problems, and help people with little cost to themselves.
So they turn instead to what else Chara said, knocking on the next door and catching a pair of peanut butter cups neatly in their bag. "I can't SAVE unless I feel determined. You had to give yourself a minute to make your SAVE just now, right?"
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Frisk frowns, shrugging their shoulders.
"Because we can, we have to?" They feel a little guilty regurgitating those words again, but it's the thing that springs to their mind most easily. They can, and therefore they should? But then again, it's not...wrong, exactly. They have the power to save people from a lot of fear and potential death. They can solve those problems, and help people with little cost to themselves.
So they turn instead to what else Chara said, knocking on the next door and catching a pair of peanut butter cups neatly in their bag. "I can't SAVE unless I feel determined. You had to give yourself a minute to make your SAVE just now, right?"