Asriel looks down, nodding as he puts his hand in his other hand. "Yeah. Like, we're miserable pieces of garbage, but someone picked us up and told us.. we weren't. And it wasn't too late."

Asriel slowly shakes his head. "It's hard not to believe when someone all but says that to your face after kicking your butt. I don't believe it every day, but even when I don't.. f, after that? What can I do but try to prove them right? They deserve that much after everything they've wasted on me."