"...Even so, 'getting the story out of us' is an issue that I cannot ignore." Chara lets their fingers play with their sleeves, absent and careless- anxious?

Hardly.

"I do not know what I will do, if that should come to pass. Frisk continues to be my first priority." And with what happens in this place, when someone dies- "This... is all taking far too long, Tim. It should have been over by now."

Chara would like to believe they are far from stupid. There are logical outlooks one can take, upon viewing their current circumstances. Half-composed lies had done well enough in the short-term, but they aren't holding up. The more they try to add to them, the harder it becomes to keep the story straight. And already, there are too many who would be hard-pressed to believe them.

"This can't continue. We never created this guise for it to continue. Inevitably, the truth will come out.

"It just takes one."