"I suppose if it's not too costly to lose one," says Blai.

"It's not. You ready?"

"Yes, thank you."

Flowey releases another set of pellets.

Aaand catch -

The pellets do not make him feel stronger. In fact, they hurt quite a bit.

That’s not actually that strange, considering how this normally works. "How do you calibrate the dose?"

Flowey gives Blai a contemplative look.

"You feel warm and fuzzy when you're done. I'd say maybe 12, 15 more."

He sends out another round of pellets.

"Done?" He catches another one.

"Absorbed as much as you can in one go."

"I see."

Flowey is happy to keep doing this until Blai catches on.

Well, he's going to burn a Forbid Action on a Cure after the third one.

Okay, that's just boring. Time to end this farce.

Numerous pellets surround Blai's soul and close in on it.

"You idiot. In this world, it's kill or be killed. Why would anyone pass up an opportunity like this!?"

"Die."

- the pellet hurt a lot less on his body than the blue radish thing so he is going to reach and try to clasp it in his hands -

Blai doesn't get to find out if this would help, because Flowey gets knocked away by a white fireball before he can hit Blai with the pellets.

The presumable source of the fireball approaches.

"What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor, innocent youth… Ah, do not be afraid, my child."

"I am Toriel, caretaker of the Ruins. I pass through this place every day to see if anyone has fallen down."

"You are the first human to come here in a long time. I will do my best to ensure your protection during your time here. Come! I will guide you through the catacombs."

"Ma'am, the last person down here who offered to help me was that flower."

"Oh dear. I don't suppose there's something I could do to demonstrate my good intentions?"

"I don't know, is there?"

"I could heal you?"

Toriel looks through her pockets.

"I could give you my spare cell phone, but I think those are cheaper on the surface. I could stay at a distance and wait for you to take some time to think. I could lead you at a distance and you could watch my exact steps, instead of taking my word on how to avoid hazards."

"I don’t know what a cell phone is."

"Are you familiar with telephones?"

"No."

"All right. Telephones are devices that are used to send sound to other telephones that are far away, hence the name. Early telephones connected to each other with wires, but cell phones are portable and don't need that kind of connection. To make a phone call, you enter the number for the person you want to call. To reach me, you would enter 23549, then press the call button. After that, my phone would ring, and I would answer the call."