"We haven't seen Sans in a while…" You murmur, "I kind of miss him, as freaky as he is."

Flowey rolled his eyes. "I hope to see Sans soon as well, but for a different reason."

"Why?" You ask.

"Because," Flowey replied, "If he's not tormenting you, then he's planning something. Let's just focus on getting to Asgore."

"I'm still not going to kill him."

"The only other option is to kill one of the skelebros. And you really don't want to fight them."

"I'm not killing anyone."

Flowey's face contorted into held back rage, but you ignored him. You had bigger problems coming towards the two of you.

Flowey groaned. "01 and 02… Really?"

"Like, 02… there's, like, a monster over there…" 01 said.

"Good," Flowey whispered to you, "They don't realize you're a human."

"Really?" 02 asked, excited. "All right! Let's, like, get some free EXP, bro!"

Another battle sequence.

"Shoot!" Flowey said, "Well, I'm going to assume we're not going to fight them, either."

"Yep," You say.

You had a pretty good idea on how to spare them, too.

"You don't want to do that, 01 and 02." You chuckled menacingly.

01 and 02 glance nervously at each other.

"I bet you're wondering why. Well, bro," you say mockingly, "It's, like, totally obvious. I could end both of you, here and now!"

01 starts backing away.

"You see this knife? I got it from someone… special. It can cut through metal, flesh, and pretty much anything else. Want to give it a try?"

02 stepped forward. "Go ahead. There's no knife that could do that"

You smiled. You squatted and struck the rocks beneath you. You pulled your blade out of the ground. It made the sound of a sword pulled out of a sheath.

"Wanna play?" You lunged for 02.

Unsurprisingly, the two "guards" ran.

Flowey looked at you, eyes wide. You looked back, uncomfortable.

"Hey, it was just to scare them off… I wasn't really gonna…"

Flowey shook himself out of the daze. "Uh, I know. It's just… please. Don't do that again."

"Why?" You ask, curious.

"Just… don't."

"Ok," You answered, confused. As you walked towards the Core, there was one question on your mind:

What about intimidating the guards made Flowey so nervous?