...well, Your Majesty, I can't fault you for your dedication to your duty.
[Frisk smiles lopsidedly.
Oh, this is going to suck.]
I can see there's no way I can convince you that it's always worth it to try and find another solution. You're a leader, through and through. I can respect that, at least.
But I know a man who made a similar decision, in the name of vengeance and protecting his nation both, and it destroyed him. [Asgore and Cami obviously aren't the same, but... there are echoes.] And because it destroyed him, his country fell apart.
I can't say I know everything about the troubles plaguing this place. I mean, if I had to guess I'd say it's something along the lines of jerks coming from other worlds, proclaiming themself heroes, and for some reason the world bends over backwards to accommodate that delusion no matter the consequences for anyone else, but eh, I don't know that for sure.
But I need you to guarantee me that if it does come to that, you won't do the same. That you have the conviction to follow through and keep leading this world, no matter the consequences it has everywhere else.
I'm not a fighter. Never was, never will be. I can give and take a few hits, but it's not like I enjoy it. I've always been a talker. That's how I save people. And that obviously isn't going to work here. The best argument I can make in my favor is my own death. So take this axe and behead me, right here, right now.
Don't use your spear and hide behind holy conviction. I won't ask you to look me in the eyes for... obvious reasons, but I want you to at least look at my bloody corpse once I'm dead.
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[Frisk smiles lopsidedly.
Oh, this is going to suck.]
I can see there's no way I can convince you that it's always worth it to try and find another solution. You're a leader, through and through. I can respect that, at least.
But I know a man who made a similar decision, in the name of vengeance and protecting his nation both, and it destroyed him. [Asgore and Cami obviously aren't the same, but... there are echoes.] And because it destroyed him, his country fell apart.
I can't say I know everything about the troubles plaguing this place. I mean, if I had to guess I'd say it's something along the lines of jerks coming from other worlds, proclaiming themself heroes, and for some reason the world bends over backwards to accommodate that delusion no matter the consequences for anyone else, but eh, I don't know that for sure.
But I need you to guarantee me that if it does come to that, you won't do the same. That you have the conviction to follow through and keep leading this world, no matter the consequences it has everywhere else.
I'm not a fighter. Never was, never will be. I can give and take a few hits, but it's not like I enjoy it. I've always been a talker. That's how I save people. And that obviously isn't going to work here. The best argument I can make in my favor is my own death. So take this axe and behead me, right here, right now.
Don't use your spear and hide behind holy conviction. I won't ask you to look me in the eyes for... obvious reasons, but I want you to at least look at my bloody corpse once I'm dead.