He listens intently at first, occasionally glancing off to the side. It makes sense. This is a very dangerous world. The monsters here can't be merely reasoned with. There is a world-ending threat looming over their heads. Months back, they'd dealt with a serial killer, a situation that had left Frisk with some hefty emotional baggage.
It was his first real confrontation with a truly merciless being... that wasn't just a feral creature. A near run-in with death.
His eye sockets shut, and he slumps, but nods.
"NO, OF COURSE NOT. FRANKLY, I'VE BEEN... WARY OF LETTING FRISK TAKE ON SO MUCH COMBAT. BUT THEY ARE NOTHING, IF NOT DETERMINED. BUT I ALSO PROMISED THAT I WOULD PROTECT THEM, SO IT'S... DIFFICULT. STRIKING THE BALANCE OF GOOD FRIEND AND GOOD GUARDIAN, I SUPPOSE."
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It was his first real confrontation with a truly merciless being... that wasn't just a feral creature. A near run-in with death.
His eye sockets shut, and he slumps, but nods.
"NO, OF COURSE NOT. FRANKLY, I'VE BEEN... WARY OF LETTING FRISK TAKE ON SO MUCH COMBAT. BUT THEY ARE NOTHING, IF NOT DETERMINED. BUT I ALSO PROMISED THAT I WOULD PROTECT THEM, SO IT'S... DIFFICULT. STRIKING THE BALANCE OF GOOD FRIEND AND GOOD GUARDIAN, I SUPPOSE."