to make amends

'' But Bill Cipher is an unusual case. They wouldn't put it past him to make up
an entirely new mental illness directly out of his ass and blame it all on the very
place trying to help him get well. ,,

The entity known as Bill Cipher has malicious intent, and nobody's quite sure why. It's the Axolotl's job to find out, which is proving far harder than necessary. He's hardly what anyone would call cooperative. He's arrogant and prone to making sarcastic comments. He diverts the attention away from him every time Axy is sure they're close to making some sort of discovery.

There's no payoff working with him.

But his story is very, very interesting. And they're determined to coax it out of his sick little head no matter how hard they have to push.