Sans, who has never lived in war, has only ever lived through the lingering after-effects on his kind. They made do. But he knows his own people, knows they prefer the things that come naturally to them - peace, compassion, love. All the talk of war on humankind seemed more like a hare-brained, last-ditch effort to rouse the people, to get them looking towards a more distant future, when a dismal existence in exile was causing monsters to Fall Down left and right.
Eh. The King was just tryin' to do what he thought was best.
He finds himself taking a moment to consider what that's like, having a life so totally different from his own, being a soldier whose only purpose was to fight. How coming here might feel to someone like that. ]
If it makes you feel less lost, then go for it. That's, uh, what this is, right?
[ Any illusion of thoughtfulness in his rumbled tone is banished when he adds, with a lilt of good humor: ]
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Sans, who has never lived in war, has only ever lived through the lingering after-effects on his kind. They made do. But he knows his own people, knows they prefer the things that come naturally to them - peace, compassion, love. All the talk of war on humankind seemed more like a hare-brained, last-ditch effort to rouse the people, to get them looking towards a more distant future, when a dismal existence in exile was causing monsters to Fall Down left and right.
Eh. The King was just tryin' to do what he thought was best.
He finds himself taking a moment to consider what that's like, having a life so totally different from his own, being a soldier whose only purpose was to fight. How coming here might feel to someone like that. ]
If it makes you feel less lost, then go for it. That's, uh, what this is, right?
[ Any illusion of thoughtfulness in his rumbled tone is banished when he adds, with a lilt of good humor: ]
Good thing the guards are always hiring.