"... become myself again. That's what I signed my contract for, obviously."

That was his one goal, regardless of if the other underground characters still feared or hated him, because he knew the truth and that he did some horrible things but he wasn't-- like Frisk was thinking, there was a reason. He wanted anything, even a prick of pain or sorrow, because that would remind him that he was Asriel, that he was alive, that something of his soul was still there, even if it was only sadness.

He wilts a little at the thought.

"If that means working hard here, I'll do it."