"What's the issue, Alphs?"

"I-i-i th-think that there's t-too m-much determination." Alphys stammers.

Alter stares at the melted imalgimation in front of him. "Kill it."

"Wh-wh-what?"

"Kill it." He looks at her, completely serious.

"W-we can't j-just kill it-" before she finishes, Alter summons a Gaster Blaster and shoots the imalgimate until there's nothing but a cloud of dust. Alphys looks at him with fear.

He looks at the dust. "Have you ever melted before? It's a very painful experience. Like no pain you've ever felt. It was in excruciating pain. I helped it."

Alphys swallows and gathers the dust into a jar labeled 'shyren', setting it on a shelf.

"We can try pyro now." Alter walks over, taking down a 'pyro' jar and dumping the contents on the table.

Alphys takes a syringe full of pure, white, glowing liquid and goes to drop some on the dust, but Alter stops her. "Wh-what is i-it?"

He pulls a small vile of the same liquid out of his pocket. "Let me try this time." He opens it and drops a very small amount on to the dust pile.

"Th-that's not n-nearly enough d-d-determination-"

"We'll see. If nothing happens, then I'll add more." He says quietly. Alphys shuts up and stands still. After a few minutes, she begins to fidget.

A couple more minutes pass and she finally speaks. "M-maybe w-we should add m-more-"

Alter sighs and nods. "Fine." He adds a couple more drops and waits again.

Alphys sighs deeply. "It n-needs m-mo-"

Suddenly, the dust starts to form into shape. Alter smiles and looks at her. "See?" Alphys just stares in amazement as the form starts looking like a Pyro monster. Eventually, a flame grows, as well as the rest of him. He seems very out of it though.

"Wh-whats wr-wr-wrong with h-him?"

"Nothing. It just may take some time."