They're really starting to feel bewildered now. Has Souji forgotten utterly that they came from the Underground? What's got him so... unusually expressive, all of a sudden?

He... wants to... he wants to play with them?

It feels... they maybe don't know Souji that well, but it feels unusual. He seems very Frisklike. Sympathetic, selfless, helpful... but in a distancing sort of way. A way that keeps people at arm's length from him. Serious, reserved, still. Somehow, imagining him frolicking in the snow is... it's new, huh?

About as new as expecting he'd see them as the playing type. They're just as unreadable and reserved. Not interested in toys, because toys don't interest their partner at all. Not truly a kid, not a real human child. Only pretending to be one. So, therefore, not a creature who is permitted to do childish things like play. Too grown up for it. Old souls like you, Chara, are just adults in a child's skin.

"Is this... a prank?" They blurt, disbelieving. "You're tricking me, aren't you? You'll... you're going to lure me into the snow, then laugh at me for behaving like a kid, aren't you?" It feels paranoid and stretched-thin even to them, but they - they genuinely don't understand this!