[They never asked people a lot of questions, did they? Why would they? No one likes a kid who asks questions. No one likes a kid who doesn't do as they're told. Answer questions. Only speak when spoken to. No one else wants to hear your garbage.
They hadn't asked the names of a lot of the monsters in the area. Just the ones they'd decided were arbitrarily important by way of frequent interaction.]
Yeah. They...they meet Papyrus and figure, hey. He's perfect, and Undyne's not. He's kind, and she's not. He must be the...the hero that kid's always wanted, huh?
[It's not a perfect analogy, and their voice trembles a little as they say it, but it's...the closest thing they can come up with. And maybe it's not such a stretch. Papyrus, for all his assets, was never flawless. He hinged his popularity on a child whom he beat within an inch of their life numerous times, and couldn't bring himself to lie to Undyne, even to protect the child that befriended him, was and still is overly forgiving to a fault...]
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[They never asked people a lot of questions, did they? Why would they? No one likes a kid who asks questions. No one likes a kid who doesn't do as they're told. Answer questions. Only speak when spoken to. No one else wants to hear your garbage.
They hadn't asked the names of a lot of the monsters in the area. Just the ones they'd decided were arbitrarily important by way of frequent interaction.]
Yeah. They...they meet Papyrus and figure, hey. He's perfect, and Undyne's not. He's kind, and she's not. He must be the...the hero that kid's always wanted, huh?
[It's not a perfect analogy, and their voice trembles a little as they say it, but it's...the closest thing they can come up with. And maybe it's not such a stretch. Papyrus, for all his assets, was never flawless. He hinged his popularity on a child whom he beat within an inch of their life numerous times, and couldn't bring himself to lie to Undyne, even to protect the child that befriended him, was and still is overly forgiving to a fault...]