"pretty much everything." Even for monsters, though, it ends up not being enough, or not being the whole story. Even with the best of intentions, a monster can still destroy. Sans is certainly familiar with it. And how many times did the human die because monsters failed to understand that?
He just kind of smirks faintly at the second part. Yeah. A smile goes a long way, but neither of them need to say that out loud. They both know all too well. Another thing they have in common. They wear a smile like armor. Like a shield.
"yeah...i guess it's nice." It's thoughtful, touching maybe, but he doesn't give all that much thought to any concept of a monster afterlife. Clearly something of the monster really does stick around--Asriel is proof of that--but dust can't really be conscious. Can't be more than what it is. It's not till Determination gets involved that things go topsy-turvy.
And isn't that a morbid topic of conversation, but he'd expect nothing less from Chara, and quite honestly he's used to it by now. One of their most civil conversations involved the merits of being dead, after all.
Maybe they're both kind of morbid.
"they probably didn't know what to do."
Asgore and Toriel had probably both seen dead human bodies before then, but not for a good thousand years or so. It's still jarring. All the myriad things that accompany human death, the physicality of it all. There's nothing quick and easy to it. It's messy. He can't help but think of how Dipper freaked and threw up when he saw Papyrus...
It's gotta be just about the same way, even for people like Asgore and Toriel. Sans doubts he himself ever gets used to the sight of a dead human child lying at his feet.
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He just kind of smirks faintly at the second part. Yeah. A smile goes a long way, but neither of them need to say that out loud. They both know all too well. Another thing they have in common. They wear a smile like armor. Like a shield.
"yeah...i guess it's nice." It's thoughtful, touching maybe, but he doesn't give all that much thought to any concept of a monster afterlife. Clearly something of the monster really does stick around--Asriel is proof of that--but dust can't really be conscious. Can't be more than what it is. It's not till Determination gets involved that things go topsy-turvy.
And isn't that a morbid topic of conversation, but he'd expect nothing less from Chara, and quite honestly he's used to it by now. One of their most civil conversations involved the merits of being dead, after all.
Maybe they're both kind of morbid.
"they probably didn't know what to do."
Asgore and Toriel had probably both seen dead human bodies before then, but not for a good thousand years or so. It's still jarring. All the myriad things that accompany human death, the physicality of it all. There's nothing quick and easy to it. It's messy. He can't help but think of how Dipper freaked and threw up when he saw Papyrus...
It's gotta be just about the same way, even for people like Asgore and Toriel. Sans doubts he himself ever gets used to the sight of a dead human child lying at his feet.