[The sudden sharpness catches him a bit off guard. Not that he didn't really see it coming. Not that he expected the casual banter to keep going for much longer. Gaster was always good at knocking him over, the first one who started the glorious tradition of yanking the rug out from under Sans's feet.]
[It's a taste of his own medicine, but that's not quite true. The truth is that Sans learned everything he knew from Gaster.]
i do a poor job of most things. what do you want me to do? kill all three of them again? because that doesn't work.
[That does absolutely nothing whatsoever, and honestly, at this point in time, he can't think of much that would drive him to do such a thing. He loves Frisk. Likes Chara. Doesn't have much of an opinion on Asriel, and the flower isn't worth thinking about since it isn't here.]
[And then Gaster says something else, and...why do those three numbers seem familiar? Like he heard--]
[White noise. Static. Chara had said something before. Something he couldn't remember. Didn't want to remember. Something with underscores. They'd Reloaded it away, but the fuzz in his head had lingered.]
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[It's a taste of his own medicine, but that's not quite true. The truth is that Sans learned everything he knew from Gaster.]
i do a poor job of most things. what do you want me to do? kill all three of them again? because that doesn't work.
[That does absolutely nothing whatsoever, and honestly, at this point in time, he can't think of much that would drive him to do such a thing. He loves Frisk. Likes Chara. Doesn't have much of an opinion on Asriel, and the flower isn't worth thinking about since it isn't here.]
[And then Gaster says something else, and...why do those three numbers seem familiar? Like he heard--]
[White noise. Static. Chara had said something before. Something he couldn't remember. Didn't want to remember. Something with underscores. They'd Reloaded it away, but the fuzz in his head had lingered.]
...don't do that.
[He idly rubs at the crack in his skull.]
my head's enough a mess as it is.