[Funnily enough - it's the nickname, in all its gentle emphasis and demand for their attention, that keeps Frisk quiet.]
[Because it doesn't make sense to them at first; how could their loved ones inflict more pain on themselves than what Frisk did to them? Frisk got sick. Frisk decided to keep it to themself, rather than call Sans or Toriel or anyone else, until it was nearly too late. Frisk made Sans lead them on to that hallway of shadows, where he very well could have been the one to perish, to scatter into a swath of dust before even reaching the portal. Frisk...]
[wishes they could all forget it ever happened.]
[But they stay silent, even if they can't quite understand what Colin is trying to get at yet. All they know is that he's right about one thing. Chara, Sans, Undyne, Toriel... Asriel.]
[They're not sure how to fix this. They're not even sure if it's still broken, really. Part of them keeps thinking it never should have been in the first place.]
[That might be why Colin's offer of the big talk is somehow a relief. They trust Colin; they're sure he must have been keeping an eye on their friends and family in their absence. If only they could have his same confidence in their ability to make the right choices - their track record, after all, has more than its share of marks.]
[But they know where they can start.]
This was wrong.
[Spoken like a self-reminder - reminding themself that dying is, in fact, a terrible thing.]
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[Because it doesn't make sense to them at first; how could their loved ones inflict more pain on themselves than what Frisk did to them? Frisk got sick. Frisk decided to keep it to themself, rather than call Sans or Toriel or anyone else, until it was nearly too late. Frisk made Sans lead them on to that hallway of shadows, where he very well could have been the one to perish, to scatter into a swath of dust before even reaching the portal. Frisk...]
[wishes they could all forget it ever happened.]
[But they stay silent, even if they can't quite understand what Colin is trying to get at yet. All they know is that he's right about one thing. Chara, Sans, Undyne, Toriel... Asriel.]
[They're not sure how to fix this. They're not even sure if it's still broken, really. Part of them keeps thinking it never should have been in the first place.]
[That might be why Colin's offer of the big talk is somehow a relief. They trust Colin; they're sure he must have been keeping an eye on their friends and family in their absence. If only they could have his same confidence in their ability to make the right choices - their track record, after all, has more than its share of marks.]
[But they know where they can start.]
This was wrong.
[Spoken like a self-reminder - reminding themself that dying is, in fact, a terrible thing.]
... I'll be more careful now.