Stuck in a basement. That's probably a reference, maybe to the Amalgamates, but why bring them up with Sans? No, more likely it's...
He remembers something. Long time ago. Some of the kids made it all the way to Asgore, but some didn't. Some were taken out by the Guards before they got that far. The souls were kept locked up in some secret chamber in the castle, but the science division had relatively easy access to the souls. That had changed after...after stuff happened. Asgore must have suspected somehow, maybe some kind of residual feeling left over that the souls should be more carefully looked after.
But before that. A question. Sitting at his desk, frowning at the souls glowing warmly across the room.
What ends up happening to the kids?
And he had answered with a certain degree of carelessness, since the only utility a human had was in their soul. The humans would be interred at the castle. A way to honor their sacrifice or something.
One kid who would have been there already. Stuck in a basement. One empty coffin once Toriel got involved.
There's a joke here. An extremely morbid one. Real "dead baby" humor, which was never his style.
He wonders if Chara actually remembers, or if this is just more of that morbid humor.
"parents are weird."
They can be the most well-meaning people in the world. They can be the most ill-meaning people in the world. They can be the most meaningless people in the world. The problem is that when you're small, the world is small too.
He starts to get very slowly to his feet.
"well, kid. i sure needed that break, but we both got a lot of candy to collect, yeah?"
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He remembers something. Long time ago. Some of the kids made it all the way to Asgore, but some didn't. Some were taken out by the Guards before they got that far. The souls were kept locked up in some secret chamber in the castle, but the science division had relatively easy access to the souls. That had changed after...after stuff happened. Asgore must have suspected somehow, maybe some kind of residual feeling left over that the souls should be more carefully looked after.
But before that. A question. Sitting at his desk, frowning at the souls glowing warmly across the room.
What ends up happening to the kids?
And he had answered with a certain degree of carelessness, since the only utility a human had was in their soul. The humans would be interred at the castle. A way to honor their sacrifice or something.
One kid who would have been there already. Stuck in a basement. One empty coffin once Toriel got involved.
There's a joke here. An extremely morbid one. Real "dead baby" humor, which was never his style.
He wonders if Chara actually remembers, or if this is just more of that morbid humor.
"parents are weird."
They can be the most well-meaning people in the world. They can be the most ill-meaning people in the world. They can be the most meaningless people in the world. The problem is that when you're small, the world is small too.
He starts to get very slowly to his feet.
"well, kid. i sure needed that break, but we both got a lot of candy to collect, yeah?"