@ferocitax liked for a starter!
It could have easily been the fact that Asriel had only seen a cumulative total of two humans in his lifetime--two who, in fact, looked so alike that it was hard to get a proper idea if they were a good reference for all humans, or not--that had the young monster fairly confused at the mere sight of the towering gem. Frisk had been more tan than Chara; maybe that range of coloring extended to the hearty orange as well? Regardless of range of color, Asriel hadn’t expected to run into anyone this far up the mountain. The monsters hadn’t quite made the move to re-integrate with society quite yet, and a human discovering them had a possibility of hurting their introduction rather than helping, if they got the wrong idea of why monsters were lingering about. But that strange thing over their snoot, too, had him second guessing himself already. “Are...you a human?”
