The boarding house is very nice! But I miss the autonomy of our own house.
[It's really precious and Papyrus would be biting his tongue not to comment on it if he had a tongue. Instead he's just resisting the impulse to cheer.]
And I could go without, you know. Being dropped into the flower room again.
The best part of back then... with everything we've learned since!
[Sans might not feel good about how he's progressed, in the years since their fathers' retcon, but Papyrus has grown, and experienced a little more of the world. Done his best to keep up his spirits and keep striving. To look out for Sans.
And Sans has kept them afloat where Papyrus' optimism wouldn't have covered the bills, kept supporting his brother's dreams with action figures and costumes and their nightly book-reading ritual...
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Or a loft! A high apartment, full of sunlight... With a little porch! Overlooking the river! Like we used to have.
[Not that the human ever explored it. Not in their unfortunately timeline.]
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[He seems really excited about this.]
y'know, i was worried you might not want to move out of the boarding house.
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[It's really precious and Papyrus would be biting his tongue not to comment on it if he had a tongue. Instead he's just resisting the impulse to cheer.]
And I could go without, you know. Being dropped into the flower room again.
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[Never resist the impulse, Papyrus.]
maybe we could go house hunting with dad soon, then.
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No, he can hold it back a little longer. Even if his eyesockets are crinkling with his widening smile.]
All three of us, living together again...?
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before, uh, before everything.
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[Sans might not feel good about how he's progressed, in the years since their fathers' retcon, but Papyrus has grown, and experienced a little more of the world. Done his best to keep up his spirits and keep striving. To look out for Sans.
And Sans has kept them afloat where Papyrus' optimism wouldn't have covered the bills, kept supporting his brother's dreams with action figures and costumes and their nightly book-reading ritual...
They've grown up.]
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[Yeah, yeah they have.]
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[He would genuinely sappily mean it everytime.
And they both learned a lot about keeping going when things were hard. Even when they weren't really feeling it.]
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[He laughs.]
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[Come on, Sans. Anybody who compliments Papyrus so sincerely must be right to do so!]