[His show was his life. It was all he had for years. It was his place in the Underground. To leave one would be to leave them both.]
I DON'T THINK THEY EVER IMAGINED US GETTING OUR HANDS ON ANY SOULS, TO BE HONEST. OVER THE THOUSANDS OF YEARS WE'VE BEEN IMPRISONED, ONLY SEVEN HUMANS HAVE FALLEN, FRISK INCLUDED.
ASGORE, OUR KING. HE ALREADY HAD SIX SOULS.
EVERYONE IN THE UNDERGROUND KNEW FRISK WAS THE LAST ONE HE'D NEED.
[Another sigh. Shakier this time, still steeled. Keats hasn't acted in disgust yet. Mettaton can keep talking.]
...WHEN A MONSTER TAKES A HUMAN SOUL, THEY TURN INTO SOMETHING TERRIBLE. FOR ALL OF OUR MAGIC, MONSTERS THEMSELVES ARE WEAK TO EMOTION - WE WILL LITERALLY DIE WITHOUT LOVE, MERCY, OR COMPASSION. BUT HUMAN SOULS DON'T NEED ANY OF THOSE. THEY'RE STRONGER. THEY CAN SURVIVE AFTER DEATH. TOGETHER... THE POWER IS TERRIFYING.
THAT'S WITH ONLY ONE.
WITH SEVEN? ASGORE WOULD HAVE KILLED EVERY HUMAN ON THE PLANET.
WE ALL KNEW THAT. UNDYNE KNEW THAT. SANS KNEW THAT. PAPYRUS WAS OBSESSED WITH JOINING THE ROYAL GUARD; HE HAS TO HAVE KNOWN THAT. ALPHYS WAS MORE INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THE HUMAN WAS HER NEW BEST FRIEND THAN PUTTING A STOP TO IT.
SO I DECIDED THAT IF IT STOPPED A WAR... I'D KILL THEM INSTEAD.
FINALLY HAVING AN AUDIENCE THAT MIGHT CARE WAS JUST A BONUS.
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[His show was his life. It was all he had for years. It was his place in the Underground. To leave one would be to leave them both.]
I DON'T THINK THEY EVER IMAGINED US GETTING OUR HANDS ON ANY SOULS, TO BE HONEST. OVER THE THOUSANDS OF YEARS WE'VE BEEN IMPRISONED, ONLY SEVEN HUMANS HAVE FALLEN, FRISK INCLUDED.
ASGORE, OUR KING. HE ALREADY HAD SIX SOULS.
EVERYONE IN THE UNDERGROUND KNEW FRISK WAS THE LAST ONE HE'D NEED.
[Another sigh. Shakier this time, still steeled. Keats hasn't acted in disgust yet. Mettaton can keep talking.]
...WHEN A MONSTER TAKES A HUMAN SOUL, THEY TURN INTO SOMETHING TERRIBLE. FOR ALL OF OUR MAGIC, MONSTERS THEMSELVES ARE WEAK TO EMOTION - WE WILL LITERALLY DIE WITHOUT LOVE, MERCY, OR COMPASSION. BUT HUMAN SOULS DON'T NEED ANY OF THOSE. THEY'RE STRONGER. THEY CAN SURVIVE AFTER DEATH. TOGETHER... THE POWER IS TERRIFYING.
THAT'S WITH ONLY ONE.
WITH SEVEN? ASGORE WOULD HAVE KILLED EVERY HUMAN ON THE PLANET.
WE ALL KNEW THAT. UNDYNE KNEW THAT. SANS KNEW THAT. PAPYRUS WAS OBSESSED WITH JOINING THE ROYAL GUARD; HE HAS TO HAVE KNOWN THAT. ALPHYS WAS MORE INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THE HUMAN WAS HER NEW BEST FRIEND THAN PUTTING A STOP TO IT.
SO I DECIDED THAT IF IT STOPPED A WAR... I'D KILL THEM INSTEAD.
FINALLY HAVING AN AUDIENCE THAT MIGHT CARE WAS JUST A BONUS.