I'm sure it can be fixed somehow. After all, you have already been changed once, unless we're going with the story that your tail just had an irregular growth spurt.

[Jokes? Are we making jokes now?

Yes, well, it's better than panicking over being a ghost and yet not wanting to be a robot. Happy mediums for everyone!

Still, he can't ignore the crying.]

...Asriel, I'll never leave by choice, you know that right? I'm not at all interested in leaving you behind. [Not forever.] I suppose this is all a wake up call, isn't it? For me, I mean.