Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27317758-20160626184257/@comment-27701762-20160626203333

A Completely Normal Guy 5 wrote: Mabian wrote: A True Reset completely wipes everything, returning the world to a state as though the game has never been played before. Which is exactly what Flowey explains at the end of the True Pacifist route. Flowey returns to being Flowey once the human souls are gone, and once a True Reset occurs Flowey does not remember anything that happened. I am referring to resetting before you go to the Surface. A reset has specific meaning in this game and its world. You appear to be referring specifically to the dialogue that Flowey gives upon starting the game again before you have had a chance to perform a True Reset.

If you go back to the very beginning of the game (before going to the surface), then you can encounter Asriel, who provides a little further exposition. He mentions that he will turn back into Flowey, since he no longer has the soul power to retain his form. Of course, Flowey is not some alter ego in the same way as, say, Jekyll and Hyde, where neither knows the actions of the other. The True Pacifist ending is about reminding Asriel of his compassion and making him feel again, and that impression is left upon Flowey as a result. If you fail to speak to Asriel at this point, then there is no opportunity to do so unless you complete the True Pacifist route again. As Asriel foretells, he turns back into Flowey, and gives you the warning about the True Reset.