I am not going to be responsible for killing them.
[Kid hasn't been very stern here, not often, but his tone is as firm as he can manage.]
I have been eating as often as I am able [Read: not often and it's clearly not doing much] taking the cough medication Dr. Watson prescribed exactly as he's told me [It doesn't work well but he's following instructions!] and sleeping at night for as close to eight hours as I can [Sometimes more when he just knocks out!]
I am aware that I do not look well. I know that I am not well--but I am following the instructions I have been given as best as I can. And I am not going to risk Frisk being killed just because it seems like traveling with someone else is a good idea.
You are not responsible for anyone's deaths here, Kid. [Where are Liz and Patti when you need them? Kid's going to get himself trapped in a loop that Stein can't shock him out of.]
[For a moment, he's silent, and all that there is to see are thin, cold-blistered fingers tugging anxiously at his the hair hanging in his eye. It is too late to convince the teen that he is not a harbinger of death--best now is damage control.]
The matter is not up for debate. I was not seeking your opinion.
[Still, something about his uncertain expression is less than convincing, and Kid swallows. The wheezing seems worse than earlier in the conversation, a potential byproduct of his own anxiety.]
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[Kid hasn't been very stern here, not often, but his tone is as firm as he can manage.]
I have been eating as often as I am able [Read: not often and it's clearly not doing much] taking the cough medication Dr. Watson prescribed exactly as he's told me [It doesn't work well but he's following instructions!] and sleeping at night for as close to eight hours as I can [Sometimes more when he just knocks out!]
I am aware that I do not look well. I know that I am not well--but I am following the instructions I have been given as best as I can. And I am not going to risk Frisk being killed just because it seems like traveling with someone else is a good idea.
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The matter is not up for debate. I was not seeking your opinion.
[Still, something about his uncertain expression is less than convincing, and Kid swallows. The wheezing seems worse than earlier in the conversation, a potential byproduct of his own anxiety.]
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