[Frisk hesitates, swallows, looks away. Lowers their voice completely unnecessarily, because they doubt anyone's going to try to eavesdrop on a pair of children.]
I think if anyone here finds a way home, and they all go, I...I would rather stay. With you. Here. Or, or anywhere, we could go anywhere, as long as you were still with me, like this. If you were...okay with that? I mean.
[They take a deep breath, try to spill everything out in a more orderly fashion that clipped words cascading down in an unruly scatter.]
Because I - I can't go back, can I? I mean, I could, but then I'd forget this, and forget you, and I'd be - I'd just be a threat to them, their happy ending, the happiness they deserve. And I don't - want that. I'd rather stay with you. I'd...
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[Frisk hesitates, swallows, looks away. Lowers their voice completely unnecessarily, because they doubt anyone's going to try to eavesdrop on a pair of children.]
I think if anyone here finds a way home, and they all go, I...I would rather stay. With you. Here. Or, or anywhere, we could go anywhere, as long as you were still with me, like this. If you were...okay with that? I mean.
[They take a deep breath, try to spill everything out in a more orderly fashion that clipped words cascading down in an unruly scatter.]
Because I - I can't go back, can I? I mean, I could, but then I'd forget this, and forget you, and I'd be - I'd just be a threat to them, their happy ending, the happiness they deserve. And I don't - want that. I'd rather stay with you. I'd...
[* I want to stay with you.]