i might be projecting but theres a part of me that thinks kris is a little grateful for the soul/player in the normal route in the sense that we have sort of been helping them make new friends and repair old friendships, get a little out of their comfort zone. we know that noelle and kris have been growing apart and that's probably been due to the drastic life changes, i.e divorce, dess going missing, asriel going off to college. but what we can only assume is how affected kris is by this. they seem super depressed, what with the lack of any decoration in their room(implied that they pretty much live in the shadow of asriels success), no significant friendships, spends most of their time fantazising/creating fantasy worlds/carrying a knife/having some sort of dubious interactions on the phone/obligations to an unknown entity either willingly or unwillingly, thats actively destroying stuff, all of this topped off with family issues. but the player introduces an aspect of engagement that was maybe already lacking on kris' part due to circumstantial depression? idk they just seem super lonely and i'd like to think i'm helping in some way lol, even if it is through force. it is hard to read kris though with the limited expression, which i'm not sure we really know yet if it's only due to the interferance of the soul or if kris is just really subdued normally too. im SO excited to see more soulless kris doing their own thing in the later chapters though !!! go my them