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>set in the timeline where Frisk chose to leave after the Golden Ending
>10 years later
>"So how was it, the Underground? They tell a lot of stories about you, from back in the barrier days."
>"It was... a real adventure."
>"I bet. One kid against a bunch of monsters - I mean, they're just monsters, but a child still - and you just won all of them over."
>"That's how it goes, yeah."
>"So. What's the secret? Are they really not so bad after all? Or is it that heart of gold that every single headline claimed you had?"
>"Oh, it's kinda complicated. Long story short, I hated every second of it."
>"...Ha, good one. But seriously~"
>"I died several times in that place. But never completely. It's hard to explain, but I kept going back to the start. Again and again."
>"..."
>"And then... Guess I got tired. They won. In a strange twisted way, they won."
>"So you..."
>"I adapted. I learned when to hide away my spine and cave in. When to go through the motions and dance along. I looked in the eyes of everyone who stood grinning over me in my last moments and smiled like I would at my best friend."
>"...I still don't fully get it. But... it sure sounds different from the book."
>"The book is fine. Sometimes you gotta make people believe in nice things. Learned that one hard."
>"And yet you're going back, after all these years."
>"It's my job. I'm good at it. Messenger of peace, the first human mediator, it pays the bills. Plus I have some old friends to visit."
>"Is that an... old half-eaten carrot?"
>"Looks stupid, huh? Believe it or not, this is my little keepsake. It's what kept me going back in those days."
>"Not the most... convenient thing to hold onto."
>"It's fine. I'm planning to return it soon. It certainly has seen enough."
>"Frisk, your heli's ready to depart in five!"
>"Oh, thank you Sharon, I'm on my way."
>"Hey. You absolutely sure you're good for this? The psych eval said..."
>"Oh, don't worry. I've got enough LOVE for everyone."
>"BWOOOMP"
>UNDER2LE