"Yeah." Their smile feels warped, too self-deprecating and reluctant and twisted out of them. And - how dare they? How dare they bring pity upon themselves when it's people like Napstablook, like Toriel, who have suffered far more than they have?

"Getting better is a choice that you, you have to keep making," they say, softer than they'd like, echoing the words they once uttered to Chara. "Every day."