[ that strikes him as unexpectedly funny. it must be the absurdity of all this again on top of his nerves. it's probably a bad sign. ]

Maybe not. Needing to carve someone's heart out was always on the table.

[ you can't help where the mind goes. ]

I've noticed you've mentioned trust falls a few times, though.

[ asriel assumes it's a nervous habit. what does he know? he is possibly projecting, considering how quickly he jumped to adamantly refusing to share earlier.

he is trying to ignore that hand entirely, but he's always had this problem with failing to not think about certain distractions. ]

If you have an idea, you might as well say so. If I were going to hit you, it would've happened already.

[ comforting? ]