Those words echo in Asriel's ears. No, not the words but the emotions they hold. They twist in his guts and make his head hurt a little. She had seen it then. Seen him die. Seen him turn to dust and his SOUL shatter. Monsters didn't exist after death. They couldn't. It just wasn't how things worked. Even for a BOSS monster like Asriel. Still, she had seen it. Irene's reaction made so much more sense now. She hadn't stayed though. She hadn't seen the experiments or his RESETs as Flowey. She hadn't watched Frisk and their RESETs.

Good.

He didn't want her to see that. He moved in again and wrapped his arms gently around her shoulders.

"Shhh. It's okay. I'm here now. And the humans, they did what humans do. They lash out at the things they fear. I'm not mad at them anymore. So you don't have to be either. I understand now." He meant it all too. There was sincerity in his strange new voice. He wasn't mad at the humans. He had more power than they ever could now. Once he had the DETERMINATION, he would just reset them all. He'd RESET everything back to the original SAVE. He would fix everything.

"I'm just glad I don't have to tell you now. You understand. One day, I'll tell you what happened after. But let's be happy today. It's a sad story. Have you eaten? I could go for some Cinnamon Butterscotch pie. What about you?"