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"This is Alphys. Uh, l-leave a message, please!"

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No!

[It comes out very forceful, not what she intended, and she shrinks back as soon aa she says it. That computer has the last vestiges of friends she swore not to forget. Marian's notes are all she has- and before that, Newt and Hermann. Sometimes she turns on their logs while she works, just to feel like she isn't so alone.

She chews on her lip, trying to think.]

I can-- I can take all the data off. I could build it it's own generator if I could g-get a few materials. I'll keep it all on hard copy, I promise.

[She doesn't want to lose them again.]

[His brows furrow at that, definitely unhappy at her reaction though part of him can feel the slight surge in power from the desperation and how upset she is. It would be prudent, he thinks, to do it anyway- it's not like Alphys could stop him and it would be sure to cause her suffering.

But... Hope has always preached about cooperation and forming stable relationships with their new hosts. If Sorrow pushed ahead, it would get out, damage Hope's attempts further, cause more chaos than it would solve.

He weighs his options carefully, his expression pinched.]

...this information is dangerous. You would be held responsible for it.

[If it's possible, that's an even scarier thought. The last time she was given responsibility-- well, she messed that up, didn't she? Horribly so. But... second chances. She's been told she deserves them, and this is-- it's a chance, isn't it? Not a win, not a good deed plopped in her lap. Just a chance.

She has to take it, if she believes in anything at all. ]

I won't let them have it. I-- I want to help.

[She doesn't know how to make them understand this other than this moment, and Rosie trusts them, so she keeps talking.]

I'm... I'm not alive anymore, back home. This city is all I have. I can't... go home. I don't want them to destroy it. I don't have a choice.

[It hurts, but she has to press forward. She has to try.]

I can build a generator. I just need a f-few parts. If... if you help me, I can help you.

[Sorrow weighs it over carefully. It's possible to just destroy her belongings, but where would that leave him? Besides, this creature is pathetic enough that he would almost feel guilt himself if he'd simply ignore her pleas and get at what he wants. The safety of his people is paramount, before anything else but you need to trust us, they had said.

No alliance has ever come from one side trampling the other. He can't protect his people without these creatures, he knows that.

So, he relents- it's not like he has much choice in the matter if he wants to keep some form of good graces, but he relents all the same, with a small nod.]

I understand. Give me the itemized list later and we can come to an agreement.

[She nods, actions still small, but purposeful.]

Okay.

[She doesn't know what to say. She's done everything she can, and he seems to be agreeable. It's best not to push it further.]

I'll take care of it. All of it.

... Thank you for b-believing in me.

Mm.

[He's not particularly amused, but nods once all the same.]

Don't ruin it.

[Alphys nods back, more fervently this time.]

I won't.

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