Who says you need to know how to read to be able to talk
Reading wasn't considered a necessary skill to survive before the 19th century
For example, most of ancient civilization's (like ancient Greece and ancient Rome) population was illiterate and reading (together with writing) was considered a professional skill
In fact, even babies develop the ability to memorize, recognise and repeat names well before they learn to read
fuck
I forgot about that
my brain is extremely fried today </3
Asgore from Rouxls Kaard's time period confirmed
No worries, happens to me as well :)
For me I think it should be this:
Aqua can read, but whenever it's funny she forgets how to
Asgore (ut) was probably born in somewhere around 894 ad, also i don't think boss monsters exist in deltarune