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[It certainly brought back memories nevertheless, differences or no-]

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE ABLE TO STEP INSIDE OF A LAB LIKE THIS AGAIN.

[Soft spoken, drifting along almost as a hand slid over a workbench. Various tools and parts already there, as if they had always been.]

OF COURSE EVEN I WONDER WHY IT'S HERE.

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hey, i never thought i'd be stepping in one again, either.

[For completely different reasons.]

i dunno how it got here, this place is strange.

[And that says a lot, coming from an ambulatory skeleton made of magic.]

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[Even by their standards this is strange.

... Even by Void standards.]

It may be interesting to find a few projects to perform here.

[Picking up a few papers from a stack. Huh.

Notes.]

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it might be...

[There's a nervous laugh.]

i'm, uh, i'm so out of practice, though. i've probably forgotten everything you taught me.

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Well, I was planning on starting off simple. I'm a tad rusty myself, being honest.

[He lost count of how long he was ripped apart and spread across so many different timelines.

Things.]

If you wanted, you could re-learn. Or simply come down and spend some time with me if I'm down here.

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[Sans was underestimating himself, sure he might be rusty, but he's always been gifted in that area.]

of course i want to.

[The "but..." was left unspoken.]

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[There's that hand rested on top of Sans's skull again-]

BAD MEMORIES?

[For a few reasons, spoken in a way to say he understood. So he hoped.

He heard that "but".]

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[It wasn't really the memories that were the problem.]

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i'm not a scientist anymore, dad.

[But, did that really matter? He still loved science, you could see it in the way his eyelights lit up when the topic of science came up.]

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[Excuse him.

Kneeling down to be eye level and rested hands on either side of Sans's face, thumb stroking over a cheek bone idly.]

DOES THAT MATTER, SANS? IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO STILL, ACT UPON IT. ONLY IF YOU TRULY WANT TO, AND IF YOU DON'T IT ISN'T WASTED POTENTIAL.

IT IS YOUR CHOICE, NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS. I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY FOR YOU TO COME DOWN HERE AND WORK ON THINGS AT MY SIDE, BUT ONLY IF YOU WANTED TO.

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[Sans's looked around the room once more as he contemplated his father's words.]

i... i don't know how much help i'll be anymore.

[Stop putting yourself down, Sans.]

but, uh, of course i want to.

[There was no unspoken "but" this time]

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THEN YOU'RE WELCOME TO HELP ME.

[Gaster believed in his little potato bean, grown as he was.]

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it'll be just like old times.

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[Boop-]

That, and I'm rather glad we found out what had changed within my room.

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[He laughs in that nice deep voice of his.]

a secret lab behind your bookshelf, that's pretty damn cool, dad.

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At least no one can accidentally walk into anything being done.

[Slowly pushing himself back up onto his feet, a hand placed against that workbench for a little brace.

Not like he'll be doing something unsafe to be walked in on, right.]

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yeah, i guess there's that...

[His eyesockets scrunch up]

you're not... planning anything already, are you, dad?

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No, no. Not quite.

[Not anything solid at least, laughing faintly.]

It's been a while, I would need to start slow. Something small.

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like what?

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[What he describes is... definitely not small by normal standards, but compared to everything else he'd ever done it did count as a baby step?]

Or something like that.

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[Sans just laughs.]

i thought you said you were rusty!

[Though it was probably child's play for a scientist of his father's caliber, even with several years of rust.]

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What better way to knock some of that rust off? I know it's safe enough.

[Safe enough was right. It wasn't anything dangerous if he did slip a little.]

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[There was always a danger when the sort of science they did was involved. It was highly theoretical, after all.]

i can't argue with that.

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[Just wait until he gets it into his head to try and understand this place a little better. For now that was the farthest thing.]

It can even be left to sit! So I won't spend hours all at once on it.

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[That'll be the day!]

we should probably make sure everything's in working order before doing anything, first.

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That is an excellent idea. It will take some getting to know just how different some of this equipment seems to be as well.

Even if it appears similar to some of the far earlier designs...

[They weren't strangers to steam powered things.]