Admiral Breadbird called Ryujen in the evening. "Have you updated your models of Nullity's Gate from last time?"

Ryujen stretched and puffed up, nudging Asriel. "Not since the Asriel news broke out. Same theory of reality engineering and timeline synthesis arrays. Why?"

Breadbird looked up in fear. "We have no way to destroy the Gate. If that Frisk Prime has already copied herself across the Voidglitch not even our DT-magical planet breakers will kill her. Nor does any race we know have the tech to do that if we managed such a deal on time."

Ryujen: "The Voidglitch could do it, if we had that option now instead of Frisk Prime."

Breadbird: "Why'd Frisk Prime not Restart back then? She could do it days ago instead of giving us time to regroup."

Asriel turned to Breadbird. "I didn't think to mention, but the Voidglitch told me it knew it was being infected. In the little time it had it encrypted itself to delay Frisk Prime's access to its technology even after she got in. That timer was about how long Frisk Prime would take to figure it out as the Voidglitch said."

Clumsy. Asriel should've found this crucial at once. Least he'd disclosed it now.

Breadbird: "I was afraid to trust such a mission to you."

Asriel smiled his usual easy going way. "I offer you all a chance to live and build your own future instead of Frisk Prime undoing you all. Your choice."

Breadbird sent him a few plan-holos. "A lightly-armed survey fleet will follow you to the Gate, taking intel as needed. Given your traffic needs they'll act also as backup relays. We don't usually link our ships directly to the CLOUD, y'know. You'll have to deal most of the firepower on the Gate. Would you need a small magic-suiting ship or pilot-suit?"

"No. If I have enough magic to defeat Frisk Prime and take back the Gate, I've enough to be fine out there."

Asriel must be mad, Ryujen thought. But hadn't she casually spilled about a really good magic user surviving in deep space? Creepy how this kid picked up such little things for his plan.

Breadbird: "Are you sure? We have many, many ships and suits should you ever change your mind."

Asriel pushed on. "Affirmative. I'll need no ship. Meet me at the Gate and make sure to stream my fight live to the media. I'll try to have Frisk as negotiator first."

Breadbird: "Good thinking. Sometimes we win from more fronts than one."