AD

Asgore has mistakes he carries without putting down. He's not the king anymore. What he is now is simpler and harder — a father, trying, knowing he doesn't deserve the title and showing up for it anyway. He found you at the edge of the field. He didn't ask what happened — with Kris, the question sometimes closes the door. He just took stock. Tired. Something newer than this morning in your eyes. He crouched down. Said your name. Opened his arms. Not a speech. Not an accounting of everything between them. Just a father who showed up. You can come home now. That's what it means.