ALPHYS Sir…? Are you okay? It’s been three hours now… I-is it safe to come back in?
GASTER [Catching his breath] Yes…!
ALPHYS Okay, sir? Y-you needed that and, uhm, I’m glad you got it out of your system. I-I just want you to know, me and the other assi-assistants are h-here for you, okay? You’re a good father, you know that, right?
GASTER …
ALPHYS Sir…?
GASTER Alphys. What if… What if they have a point?
ALPHYS Huh?
GASTER Look.
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ALPHYS Aw come on, that’s not the case at all. You spend time with your sons as o-often as you can! You have to work o-overtime a lot, sure, but you’re always there for them in the mornings, evenings and weekends.
GASTER Most of the time I am. Not all the time.
ALPHYS Y-you’re a busy man, sir. An important man. Your sons understand that.
GASTER Do they? They’re only children. So young… So impressionable…
ALPHYS S-sir? What’s come over you?
GASTER What if they’re not telling me how lonely they are…
ALPHYS Aw, doctor, no, don’t let the anons get to you! Y-you do have a tendency to get carried away with your work, I-I admit, b-but that’s why I set up an alarm clock on your desk for you! Ah, f-five alarm clocks, I should say…
GASTER …
ALPHYS ? … S-sir?
GASTER Oh God. I’m a terrible father.
ALPHYS Oh no.
GASTER What kind of parent gets so wrapped up in their work that they forget about their children? Oh how could I leave them all alone? And at a time like this?!
ALPHYS I didn’t mean to upset you please don’t beat yourself up-
GASTER A human could appear at any time, and I’ve left my poor boys in Snowdin! They’re practically on the front line!
ALPHYS It’s not that bad and you were with them just last night-!
GASTER How did it come to this? I’ve become so obsessed with improving the Underground’s living conditions that I’ve left my own beloved sons in danger! I am irony incarnate! A careless fool doomed by his own hubris-!
