Asriel Dreemurr

I could have been nicer about it, granted. But...you see, that is what I wish I could use as proof to Chara. I just never get the chance, because their words are hardly the kindest. It's disarming, even for someone like me.

[He says it as if it's so hard lately, to cut deep and make him doubt himself. He doubted himself almost all the time nowadays, and he couldn't fool himself into thinking this would be different.

Mettaton sighs.]

I care about you a great deal, honey. Enough that I thought it very much worth the effort to try and parley with your sibling. I'm sure that if I keep trying, eventually something will work out. Giving up will do me no good.

[Deep down, he wants to give up, because everytime he speaks to Chara, it takes a toll. But if it's for this friendship, it's worth the pain.]