Ashelia stays between Frisk and the fearsome fight in front of them, not moving an inch. She looks up to the ship, then down to the fight, then up, then down - and it looks like the Reaper is down for the count.

A chill runs down her spine when he laughs. This is all part of his plan somehow. He's baiting them...but for what? His Melody? But Ashelia had always been under the impression it was a strictly Crystallian convention...

"Stay back," she says to Frisk. "If events proceed apace, this is the beginning of the end for Terra." And us, is Ashelia's unspoken implication.