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Laurii listened to the door shut behind herself. By now, she was put between two separate lines of thought. Though, this place didn't look as misleading as she feared. Even so, her attention dragged down to the floor beneath her feet. "*ѕít whєrє єvєr чσu wαnt." Sans said, causing her to look up from the ground. "𝔐𝔪.." She examined the room where she stood, taking in all there was to see..

Everything before her seemed overwhelmingly large.. The assorted tables and chairs were all high off the ground...was it that...? It was moreso she was just too short for this place..yes, perhaps that was it...

She slowly went towards an empty chair and paused, taking in how high it was from the ground.. She wouldn't let it deter her though.. She proceeded to use all her strength, pulling and straining herself excessively in a futile attempt to get herself on the seat.

However, as she struggled, she was suddenly alerted to the distinct feeling of something or someone wrapping around her waist, lifting her up off the ground, and onto the seat before her. "*thєrє." Sans said, before sitting in the seat next to hers.

'...𝒽𝑒...𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝑒....?'

The single thought resonated in her mind for a short time. It felt...surprising..though she couldn't complain. Nor w o u l d she. "𝔗-𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲.." Softly, she muttered, narrowing her eyes if only slightly.

"*nσ prσвlєm. ѕσ whαt dσ чσu wαnt tσ σrdєr?"

Laurii thought for a moment or so. She had never been here before.. She didn't know what was there to order..

"𝔒𝔥...ℑ'𝔪 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢...ℑ...𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔯..𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶." She stated kind of meekly. "*α вurgєr, frєnch fríєѕ, αnd α mílkѕhαkє." He listed.

She heard her mere favorite in that list.. She hadn't had them in a while. "𝔒𝔥, ℑ 𝔰𝔢𝔢...𝔣𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔥 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫, ℑ 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢." She replied, looking off to the side. She didn't know moreso why it was that she felt...calmer at this moment.. Perhaps it was because Sans was actually being..nice..to her for once. Though they hadn't known each other for long..

"*σkαч."

The backroom door eerily creaked open suddenly, gaining Laurii's attention quickly enough. From out of the room, a tall, notably disturbing figure approached; his entire frame and features set alight by roaring flames eagerly licking up the air, but not yet touching the ceiling. He was screaming inanely loud, enough to make Laurii's eyes widen slightly out of stupefaction. As he approached them, she crumbled down behind the table she sat infront of, pressing her fingers down against the table side. "*hєчα gríll!" Sans greeted the man, "*cαn wє hαvє twσ frєnch fríєѕ fσr hєrє?"

In response, the man merely nodded before returning to the backroom.

"𝔐𝔥..." Laurii couldn't help but feel purely unnerved for the longest moment. She turned her attention to the ground, and went somewhat quiet.

Sans began to hum as they were waiting for their order. Laurii listened to him for a couple of minutes or so before twiddling her fingers, glancing in his direction, though still facing infront of herself. "𝔘𝔪..𝔪𝔥...𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫..𝔴𝔥𝔬𝔪 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴?" She asked.

"*mч σld fríєnd gríllвч. whч dσ чα αѕk?" There was little reason for her to ask this ..though curiosity was her main motivation. "𝔒-𝔬𝔥..ℑ 𝔰𝔢𝔢.. ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤..𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱'𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔩.." She narrowed her eyes a little, resting her hands in her lap.

She thought for a moment as silence ensued not too long after.. She wanted to make conversation.. But how? She's been here before in time...where she had to think of something to say..

She slowly began to think about his brother... Perhaps he would be a better sentence starter than the silent abode they were in now. "ℌ𝔪... ℑ'𝔳𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢....𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔪𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢...𝔞 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔷𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔱𝔶𝔭𝔢." She proposed, though keeping her attention towards the ground. "*índєєd hє íѕ, nícє fσr nσtícíng." He replied.

During this moment, she felt a little bit more relaxed to talk to him directly. She didn't really know why..but it was better than her being nervous. "ℑ𝔱'𝔰...𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔢, 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶. 𝔅𝔲𝔱...𝔦𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔰 𝔪𝔢 𝔞 𝔟𝔦𝔱...ℑ 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔰.." She glanced at him. It merely felt perplexing how different they both were.. "*чєα í fígurєd." He yawned.

"ℑ 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢...ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔡𝔪𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔷𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔰-𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔥𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯.. 𝔄 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶..𝔯𝔞𝔯𝔢..𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡.. 𝔘𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔶." She said calmly, as her fingers twirled her amulet around several times. "*wєll íѕ ít?" He revised. "*í dσn't thínk ѕσ, вut whαtєvєr ѕuítѕ чσu, í guєѕѕ.."

Before she could reply, the same alit gentleman came by, placing their food down infront of them before walking away solemnly.

Sans would resume his humming, sliding his hands in his pockets as Laurii stared at her plate of fries, observing them closely. Were they really okay to eat?

She was delving head first into an unforgiving pit of hunger... She might as well take the risk.

She took a deep breath, hesitantly grasping one of the fries. It didn't look at all tampered with..it looked...normal... She gently nibbled on the fry she had...to her surprise it tasted.....like a fry.. It was surprising to her.. But with it tasting normal, it gave her more motivation to eat them more casually.

As she ate, Sans was scrolling through his phone. She seemed to have a fond love for the fries as she ate a good amount of them in the short amount of time she had them. Sans glanced at her, taking a notice in this. "*чα rєαllч líkє fríєѕ thαt much? hєh, thαt'ѕ cσσl."

"𝔜𝔢𝔭!" She exclaimed, having already finished them. "ℑ 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔢𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔱! 𝔐𝔞𝔶𝔟𝔢 𝔞 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔪𝔲𝔠𝔥..𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔦𝔰 𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔬 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤~" She seemed to perk up a bit, surprisingly enough. As she did this, a box of fries was spawned infront of her, causing her to awe in surprise. "*hєh, єαt up." He adjured.

"𝔒𝔬𝔥, 𝔬𝔨𝔦𝔦𝔦!" She hastily grabbed the box and proceeded to num on the fries, delving herself in exceptional happiness, not even bothering to ask how they spawned like that.

"𝔐𝔪, 𝔰𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰~ 𝔪𝔥, 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯'𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰, 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢..𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔢𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔶! ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔢𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥...𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔶 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰~!" She muttered this all to herself softly as she continued to num down all the fries, thinking about her older brother and how he was doing as she did this. She seemed inanely distracted..so much so that she paid no mind to Sans watching her as she ate. "*чσu єαt quítє α lσt fσr чσur ѕízє. í mєαn, nσt thαt ít mαttєrѕ. juѕt ѕαчíng." He remarked. "𝔐𝔥-?" She glanced at him, chewing down one of the fries. "ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔰𝔞𝔶 ℑ 𝔞𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔢...ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔥𝔲𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔶...𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔫 𝔞𝔫 𝔲𝔫𝔯𝔢𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔢, 𝔦𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔭𝔰 𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯." She explained.

"*í ѕєє..wєll єvєrчσnє íѕ díffєrєnt."

As she finished her fry, she glanced down at her hand that lied sideways in her lap. "𝔐𝔥, 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔩...𝔬𝔯 𝔪𝔞𝔶𝔟𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱, 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶.." She dejected. "*hσw ѕσ?" He asked.

She merely narrowed her eyes a bit, appearing as if she were staring off into distant space. "ℑ𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔱...𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰 𝔢𝔞𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔦𝔱 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯...𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔩...𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔱'𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔞 𝔠𝔬𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔪 𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔦𝔱...𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥..𝔦𝔱 𝔦𝔰.."

"*ít'ѕ juѕt lífє. чσu cαn't ѕurvívє wíthσut fσσd. αnd ѕσmєσnє єαtѕ mσrє, ѕσmєσnє єαtѕ lєѕѕ.." He stated. In a sense, perhaps he was right.. But simultaneously, she would have to wonder. "𝔐𝔪𝔥...ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴...ℑ 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔦𝔱'𝔰 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔬𝔣𝔣 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯...𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔟𝔢 𝔞 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔰𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯...𝔡𝔬𝔢𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔦𝔡𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔫𝔲𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔲𝔢 ....𝔪𝔥.." She looked a little disappointed in herself for stating that. It sounded stupid now that she thought about it.

"*wєll ít cαn juѕt fíll чσur ѕtσmαch up. nσthíng єlѕє. nσ vítαmínѕ σr αnчthíng."

He explained. After he said this, she felt a little more idiotic for making the assumption.

'...𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒶 𝓇 𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝓅𝒾𝒹... 𝒪𝒻 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽! 𝒲𝒽𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓉 𝒽 𝒾 𝓃 𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉...?'

She mentally scolded herself harshly. "𝔜..𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔥...ℑ 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴...𝔰𝔬...𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔯𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔪𝔶 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱..-" She paused, becoming a bit despondent. "ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔥𝔢𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔥𝔶...ℑ 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔞 𝔪𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 ...𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣𝔣 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢..ℑ 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔱 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰.." It wasn't an act..she genuinely felt disappointed in herself. In reality, she shouldn't of been...it was just a small miscalculation..but she couldn't help it.

Sans noticed this, for once, not viewing her despondency as humorous. "*hєч kíddσ, ít'ѕ αlríght. wє mαkє míѕtαkєѕ, αnd wє lєαrn frσm thєm." He stated, making her feel a little surprised.

For once, he didn't disregard her feelings.. "𝔜𝔢𝔞𝔥...𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱'𝔰...𝔯-ℜ𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱..ℑ 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔴𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔤...𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔦𝔱 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔰..- 𝔦𝔣 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣, 𝔦𝔱 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔰 𝔬 𝔪 𝔢 𝔟 𝔬 𝔡 𝔶... 𝔄𝔫𝔡 ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢...ℑ 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫..ℑ 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔶 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔦𝔱...𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔱...ℑ'𝔳𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢, ℑ 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔰..."

"*єh, juѕt ígnσrє σthєrѕ αnd αccєpt thє míѕtαkє αnd чσu mσvє σn." He said, as if it were just that easy. She glanced at her amulet with sorrow in her eyes. "ℑ𝔱'𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔰...ℑ 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔢𝔭𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔲𝔰𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 ...𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔩𝔬𝔶𝔞𝔩..ℑ 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔰.."

"*єh, lσσk αt whαt mч míѕtαkєѕ вrσught mє. чσu gσttα fíght вαck, kíd."He proposed. But...f i g h t b a c k? She couldn't do that...well no...she c o u l d...she wasn't half as useless as she makes herself believe..but she could never do that.. She could never force herself to...f i g h t someone..she hated physical confrontations. "ℑ...ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴...ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴, 𝔖𝔞𝔫𝔰...𝔟𝔲𝔱 ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔦𝔣 ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬...𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 ℑ 𝔡𝔬..𝔟𝔲𝔱 ℑ 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱...ℑ'𝔪 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔦𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤..ℑ 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔶, ℑ 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨.."

She held back the urge to start crying...she truly hated this; feeling so weak..

"*nσt wíth fíѕtѕ..вut wíth wσrdѕ." He explained.

For a moment, she thought about what he said..but could she even manage that? "𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔰..? .... ....𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢...𝔞𝔯𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔨?..𝔬𝔯 𝔰𝔞𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰?...𝔦𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱...𝔦𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱...𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔣𝔲𝔩...?"

The mere thought of saying heartless things was like poison in her eyes; why would she even think about that? She had never said disrespectful things before.. Ever..

"*dєpєndѕ σn thє ѕítuαtíσn. tαlkíng вαck αѕ wєll. ít juѕt ѕhσwѕ thαt чσu dσ nσt wαnt tσ вє thrσwn αrσund líkє α tσч αnd thαt чσu wíll вítє вαck."

"𝔄𝔥, 𝔞𝔥 ℑ 𝔰𝔢𝔢!" She exclaimed, "ℑ..𝔰𝔢𝔢..ℑ 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔰...ℑ 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔬𝔯...𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔣 𝔦𝔱 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔰 ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔭𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔰 𝔪𝔲𝔠𝔥....ℑ 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔥𝔬𝔭𝔢 ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℑ 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔰𝔱: 𝔞 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢."

"*чσu wσn't," Sans assured her. "*чσu wíll gєt rєѕpєct fσr ѕαчíng thє thíngѕ чσu hαvє вєєn hídíng; trч ít σn mє."

Just as he said this, she looked at him in surprise.."ℌ-𝔥𝔲𝔥?...𝔲-𝔲𝔪...ℑ...ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴...𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔞𝔪 ℑ 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔶?...ℑ 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫..ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫 𝔴ant 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔶 𝔬 𝔲, 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴. ...ℑ'𝔡 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔦𝔱...ℑ 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫...𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℑ ℌ𝔄𝔙𝔈 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔲𝔭 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢 ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 ... ...𝔦𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔣𝔣 𝔡𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔪𝔶 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯..𝔰𝔬 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢..𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔦𝔱...𝔱𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲."

"*thєn ѕєє mє αѕ чσur fαthєr αnd gσ hαm."

She narrowed her eyes slightly. She didn't want to do that. She was beginning to like Sans' company...even if he was, in a sense, encouraging her to let out everything she was holding back...she didn't want it all to pour out towards him. ".... ℑ𝔱'𝔰 𝔫𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔰 𝔥𝔦𝔪..." Her eyes fell over her shiny amulet, as she grasped it firmly. "ℌ𝔢'𝔰 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔩𝔶 𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔫 𝔦𝔫 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔰𝔢. ℌ𝔢'𝔰 𝔳𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔣𝔲𝔩..𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢, 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯, 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔬𝔪...ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔱!" Before she knew it, she actually w a s ranting about her father.

"ℌ𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔰 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢... ℌ𝔈 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔥 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤! ℌ𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℌℑ𝔖 𝔴𝔞𝔶, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔣 𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔬𝔢𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔢 𝔤𝔢𝔱𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔶 𝔬𝔳𝔱r 𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔲𝔯𝔱𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔬𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔶 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢... ℌ𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨𝔰 𝔚𝔈'ℜ𝔈 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔪𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔢'𝔰 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔠𝔨-𝔲𝔭 𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔡𝔪𝔦𝔱 ℌ𝔈'𝔖 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔦𝔰𝔰𝔲𝔢𝔰! ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔪𝔬𝔪 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔗ℌℑ𝔑𝔎ℑ𝔑𝔊 𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔩-𝔣𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔨 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢!. ... ....ℑ...𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔪....𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℑ'𝔪 𝔱𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡..𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔠𝔯𝔲𝔢𝔩𝔶 𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔰... ℌ𝔢'𝔰 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔫 𝔢𝔳𝔦𝔩 𝔡𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔬𝔯..."

She really did release her feeling of hatred so strongly...very strongly...though it didn't feel right...not even i f she was addressing her father as 'him'. "*hєч. juѕt chαngє thє "hím" tσ "чσu" αnd чσu díd ít."

He seemed to be encouraging her in a sense. ...though she didn't like any word that spilled from her mouth. "ℑ𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶...𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 ℑ 𝔚ℑ𝔏𝔏 𝔰𝔞𝔶 '𝔶𝔬𝔲' ...𝔟𝔲𝔱...𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴...𝔦𝔣 ℑ 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔪𝔲𝔠𝔥 ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔪𝔶 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯...ℑ 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔯𝔞𝔪𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔶 𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔲𝔞𝔤𝔢...𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔣𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤..."

Though saying this, didn't seem to matter too much to Sans. "*ѕσ whαt? juѕt mαkєѕ ít єαѕíєr fσr чσu. juѕt ѕhσw mє whαt чσu gσt." He adjured her, halfly itching to see what she had held back.. Though this time, she felt as if...maybe ...just maybe..if she was compliant for a moment...she might actually feel better. All she had to do was reach inside the back of her brain where she hides her true feelings and unleash everything she had on him...though not on h i m. It's what he wants her to do...

She slowly closed her eyes, taking in a deep breath of pure air. In doing this, she prepared herself for her raging banter as she would have to spill more than just her anger into her words.

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₴Ø ɆVɆⱤɎ฿ØĐɎ ₮Ⱨ₳₮ ĐØɆ₴..₦Ɇ₳ⱤⱠɎ ₳ⱠⱠ ⱠɆ₣₮ ØⱤ ₥ØⱤɆ₴Ø, Ɇ₴₵₳₱ɆĐ ₦Ø₮ ₩₳₦₮ł₦₲ ₮Ø ⱠłVɆ ł₦ ₳ ⱧØɄ₴Ɇ ₩ⱧɆⱤɆɎØɄ'ⱤɆ₳Ⱡ₩₳Ɏ₴฿Ɇł₦₲Đł₵₮₳₮ɆĐ₣ØⱤɆVɆⱤɎ₮Ⱨł₦₲ɎØɄĐØ! ₴Ø ₦ØØ₩, ɎØɄ'ⱤɆ₳Ⱡ₥Ø₴₮₵Ø₥₱ⱠɆ₮ɆⱠɎ₳ⱠØ₦Ɇ!₩Ⱨł₵Ⱨ ł₴ ⱧØ₩ ɎØɄ ₴ⱧØɄⱠĐ ฿Ɇ!"

After she finished spurting her fast-paced ranting, she exhaled, feeling disgust for every word she spoke. But in truth, it was all honest feeling. She fell in silence as Sans appeared stunned by her speech. He blinked a few times, emphasizing the astonishment.

"*wσw." He slowly clapped, though it wasn't like she was proud of herself. She shouted her irksome rage at him like a jerk...she didn't like it at all. She quickly covered her eyes with her hands, facing towards the ground. "𝔖𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔶!" She cried, hating herself excessively.

He merely began to clap more as if her ranting was satisfactory to him or entertaining in a sense. "*hσlч ѕhít, thαt wαѕ αmαzíng." He exclaimed. She slowly pulled her hands away from her eyes. "𝔐𝔪𝔥.." She grasped her arm tenaciously, glancing off to the side. "𝔄...𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔬𝔲..." Her mutter was soft, though not unintelligible.

"*nσ prσвlєm kíddσ, juѕt dσn't dσ ít αll thє tímє."

Hearing this, she immediently turned her attention to him. She felt offended and her face became red with fluster. Does he t h i n k she'd use T H A T all the time or something? Not likely. She resented rudeness.. It offended her in a sense. "𝔐𝔥! 𝔒-𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔡𝔬 𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢! .... ℑ'𝔪 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔞 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢! ...ℑ 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔡𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔬!"

'ℐ 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒾𝓃 𝑔𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓁...'

"*вut dσ ít frσm tímє tσ tímє, ít wíll gєt ѕσmє wєíght σff чσur ѕhσuldєrѕ."

For a minute, she did feel like something was lifted off her shoulders..she felt..a little better.. Just for letting out her bottled up feelings. But even so...she hated every moment she spent shouting at him... "𝔄𝔥, ...𝔪𝔪𝔥...ℑ 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔡𝔬 𝔦𝔱 𝔦𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱. 𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔒𝔑𝔏𝔜 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱. 𝔑𝔒 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔢." She stated firmly.

"*чσu gσt ít, kíddσ." He said, letting out a long and weary yawn. It seemed a bit concerning to Laurii, and as a result, she tilted her head slightly, looking at him inquisitively. "𝔐𝔪𝔥? 𝔄𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔤𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡?" She asked. "*nαh, í αlwαчѕ чαwn ѕσ ít'ѕ σk." He replied, though his reply did nothing to ease her subtle concern. That wasn't good..not in the least.

She narrowed her eyes a bit. "𝔑𝔢, 𝔫𝔢!" She exclaimed, "𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱'𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔞 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥! 𝔄𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔶𝔞𝔴𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔰 𝔞 𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔦𝔦𝔪𝔢! 𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔰 𝔫𝔬 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡. 𝔑𝔬 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔞𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔩." She claimed, crossing her arms though as a result Sans crossed his arms as well. "*ѕσ whαt? чσu cαn't mαkє mє gσ tσ ѕlєєp."

...that...was true... She couldn't force him to go to sleep...she didn't want to either. Perhaps it was just her concern for his lack of sleep getting to her.. But she just wanted him to sleep for his own benefit.

"𝔐𝔥𝔥! 𝔑𝔬 ℑ𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔬𝔱, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔢𝔢𝔢𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢, 𝔖𝔞𝔫𝔰!" She pleaded, pressing her tiny hands together in such a way that it made her look as if she were begging. "𝔖𝔩𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔦𝔰 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲! 𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔱 𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔱!"

Though, Sans seemed unfazed by this. "*í'd rαthєr nσt. í hαvє mч σwn rєαѕσnѕ."

"𝔒𝔥..." She slowly dropped her hands, sighing softly, as she realized her attempt failed..though it shouldn't be a surprise to her.

"*rєαѕσnѕ thαt wαkє mє up αt níght. thє pαín íѕ beyond anything i have felt."

After he said this, she immediately felt the same amount of stupidity she had before. Why does she keep doing this? Pushing it and saying thoughtless things... "𝔒-𝔒𝔥!" Exclaiming, she mentally scolded herself yet again. "I'𝔪𝔰𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔶𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔰𝔲𝔤𝔤𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔩𝔢𝔢𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫! ℑ- 𝔡𝔦𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱...𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱!...." She cried out, feeling even worse now.

"*kíd, ít'ѕ σk. juѕt fσrgєt αвσut ít." He proposed. Though she felt more saddened though it was clear he was trying to keep her in a state of ataraxy.

"....ℑ .....𝔬𝔨𝔦 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫..." She twiddled her fingers, contemplating a way to change the subject so she wouldn't feel so bad anymore.

"*ѕσ.., hσw íѕ thє ѕurfαcє líkє?" He asked, trying to move things along, perhaps to get her out of her slump. "𝔖𝔲𝔯𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢?" It took her a moment to understand what he was talking about..though it hit her after realization.

"..𝔬𝔥! ..𝔲𝔪- 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔩..ℑ 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔦𝔱'𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶...𝔭𝔦𝔤𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡..ℑ 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫, ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 4 𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔯𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔱 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤...𝔟𝔲𝔱...𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔰..., 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔫 𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔷𝔬𝔫, 𝔦𝔱 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔰 𝔞 𝔠𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔨𝔦𝔰𝔥-𝔶𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔨𝔶- .. ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔟𝔲𝔱...ℑ 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔦𝔱 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔰 𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔢𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔱 𝔦𝔰....𝔦𝔱...𝔦𝔰....𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤, ℑ 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢. ..." She explained, before closing her eyes calmly. "ℑ 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔞 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔫 ~"

"*ít wσuld вє вσríng," he stated, "*єvєrчσnє flσαtíng αrσund чσu. αnd чσu dσ nσthíng вut juѕt ѕhínє."

Though oddly enough, hearing this alone made her smile, a bright, radiating smile for the first time. "𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱'𝔰 𝔬𝔨𝔦~!" She exclaimed ever so jubilantly. "ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔰 𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔩𝔶 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔡𝔦𝔪𝔰, 𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔴𝔞𝔶." Her smile softened a bit. "𝔅𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢- 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔩𝔶- 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℑ 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔡𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱, ℑ'𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔶 𝔧𝔬𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔰𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔞𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔰..! 𝔖𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢 ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔡𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶.."

Perhaps by now...Sans could tell how low-spirited and discouraged Laurii was.. Through everything she stated she stated with noticable hints of doubt. She couldn't even be high-spirited talking about...well, herself... She had exceptionally low self-esteem, it seemed.

"*чσu cαn, вut ín αnσthєr wαч. чσu gσttα ѕtαnd σut, líkє thє ѕun. чσu gσttα ѕhσw чσurѕєlf tσ thє wσrld."

Hearing this, she felt a slight pinch of fear resonating inside. "𝔄𝔥𝔢𝔥- 𝔫-𝔫𝔬...𝔫𝔬...𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱'𝔰 𝔬𝔨𝔦...ℑ'𝔡....𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔫𝔬𝔱....ℑ 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫, ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔟𝔲𝔱....ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨 ℑ'𝔪 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱." She smiled wryful. "*wєll hєrє чσu cαn ѕhínє." He yawned, "*вut чσur chσícє."

It didn't even cross her mind..she didn't think that would be possible...just earlier she feared the person encouraging her would murder her.... She didn't want to stand out anymore than she was already; being a 'human'...

She rested her weary head against the counter, having her cheek pushed against it's cold surface in such a way that made her face look slightly more pudgy. "ℌ𝔢𝔶 𝔖𝔞𝔫𝔰, 𝔠𝔞𝔫 ℑ 𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤...? ..𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢..𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔞𝔫 𝔥𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔦𝔱?"

"*ѕurє thíng." His reply was simple, though felt sincere in a way.

She would pause for a moment, contemplating what she wanted to ask him... She had asked something similar to this...though she wanted to ask once more; "ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴...𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔥𝔲𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔰- 𝔅𝔲𝔱 ....𝔡𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲 ℜ𝔈𝔄𝔏𝔏𝔜 𝔳𝔦𝔢𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔞𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔪𝔢?"

As she finished her question there was a brief moment of silence before he replied.

"*чєѕ. єvєrч humαn hαd thє ѕαmє ѕtσrч. єvєrч humαn íѕ thє ѕαmє ínѕídє. thєч αct thє ѕαmє whєn thєч ѕєє mє."

He sounded sincere once more towards his reply..it was calm, however, though she still felt slightly slugged hearing his belief. "ℑ 𝔰𝔢𝔢," she softly closed her eyes, beginning to feel ever so sleepy. "ℑ 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔰...ℑ 𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫...𝔡𝔦𝔡𝔫'𝔱 ℑ?"

Though it wasn't true.. She didn't act the same way it would seem. "*nσt quítє. lσσk αt чσu; αlívє. чσu ѕσmєhσw mαdє mє ѕpαrє чσu."

'ℳ 𝒶 𝒹 𝑒 ~?'

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Laurii listened to the door shut behind herself. By now, she was put between two separate lines of thought. Though, this place didn't look as misleading as she feared. Even so, her attention dragged down to the floor beneath her feet. "*ѕít whєrє єvєr чσu wαnt." Sans said, causing her to look up from the ground. "𝔐𝔪.." She examined the room where she stood, taking in all there was to see..

Everything before her seemed overwhelmingly large.. The assorted tables and chairs were all high off the ground...was it that...? It was moreso she was just too short for this place..yes, perhaps that was it...

She slowly went towards an empty chair and paused, taking in how high it was from the ground.. She wouldn't let it deter her though.. She proceeded to use all her strength, pulling and straining herself excessively in a futile attempt to get herself on the seat.

However, as she struggled, she was suddenly alerted to the distinct feeling of something or someone wrapping around her waist, lifting her up off the ground, and onto the seat before her. "*thєrє." Sans said, before sitting in the seat next to hers.

'...𝒽𝑒...𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝑒....?'

The single thought resonated in her mind for a short time. It felt...surprising..though she couldn't complain. Nor w o u l d she. "𝔗-𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲.." Softly, she muttered, narrowing her eyes if only slightly.

"*nσ prσвlєm. ѕσ whαt dσ чσu wαnt tσ σrdєr?"

Laurii thought for a moment or so. She had never been here before.. She didn't know what was there to order..

"𝔒𝔥...ℑ'𝔪 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢...ℑ...𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔯..𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶." She stated kind of meekly. "*α вurgєr, frєnch fríєѕ, αnd α mílkѕhαkє." He listed.

She heard her mere favorite in that list.. She hadn't had them in a while. "𝔒𝔥, ℑ 𝔰𝔢𝔢...𝔣𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔥 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫, ℑ 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢." She replied, looking off to the side. She didn't know moreso why it was that she felt...calmer at this moment.. Perhaps it was because Sans was actually being..nice..to her for once. Though they hadn't known each other for long..

"*σkαч."

The backroom door eerily creaked open suddenly, gaining Laurii's attention quickly enough. From out of the room, a tall, notably disturbing figure approached; his entire frame and features set alight by roaring flames eagerly licking up the air, but not yet touching the ceiling. He was screaming inanely loud, enough to make Laurii's eyes widen slightly out of stupefaction. As he approached them, she crumbled down behind the table she sat infront of, pressing her fingers down against the table side. "*hєчα gríll!" Sans greeted the man, "*cαn wє hαvє twσ frєnch fríєѕ fσr hєrє?"

In response, the man merely nodded before returning to the backroom.

"𝔐𝔥..." Laurii couldn't help but feel purely unnerved for the longest moment. She turned her attention to the ground, and went somewhat quiet.

Sans began to hum as they were waiting for their order. Laurii listened to him for a couple of minutes or so before twiddling her fingers, glancing in his direction, though still facing infront of herself. "𝔘𝔪..𝔪𝔥...𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫..𝔴𝔥𝔬𝔪 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴?" She asked.

"*mч σld fríєnd gríllвч. whч dσ чα αѕk?" There was little reason for her to ask this ..though curiosity was her main motivation. "𝔒-𝔬𝔥..ℑ 𝔰𝔢𝔢.. ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤..𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱'𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔩.." She narrowed her eyes a little, resting her hands in her lap.

She thought for a moment as silence ensued not too long after.. She wanted to make conversation.. But how? She's been here before in time...where she had to think of something to say..

She slowly began to think about his brother... Perhaps he would be a better sentence starter than the silent abode they were in now. "ℌ𝔪... ℑ'𝔳𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢....𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔪𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢...𝔞 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔷𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔱𝔶𝔭𝔢." She proposed, though keeping her attention towards the ground. "*índєєd hє íѕ, nícє fσr nσtícíng." He replied.

During this moment, she felt a little bit more relaxed to talk to him directly. She didn't really know why..but it was better than her being nervous. "ℑ𝔱'𝔰...𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔢, 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶. 𝔅𝔲𝔱...𝔦𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔢𝔰 𝔪𝔢 𝔞 𝔟𝔦𝔱...ℑ 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔰.." She glanced at him. It merely felt perplexing how different they both were.. "*чєα í fígurєd." He yawned.

"ℑ 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢...ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔡𝔪𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔷𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔲𝔰-𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔥𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯.. 𝔄 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶..𝔯𝔞𝔯𝔢..𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡.. 𝔘𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔶." She said calmly, as her fingers twirled her amulet around several times. "*wєll íѕ ít?" He revised. "*í dσn't thínk ѕσ, вut whαtєvєr ѕuítѕ чσu, í guєѕѕ.."

Before she could reply, the same alit gentleman came by, placing their food down infront of them before walking away solemnly.

Sans would resume his humming, sliding his hands in his pockets as Laurii stared at her plate of fries, observing them closely. Were they really okay to eat?

She was delving head first into an unforgiving pit of hunger... She might as well take the risk.

She took a deep breath, hesitantly grasping one of the fries. It didn't look at all tampered with..it looked...normal... She gently nibbled on the fry she had...to her surprise it tasted.....like a fry.. It was surprising to her.. But with it tasting normal, it gave her more motivation to eat them more casually.

As she ate, Sans was scrolling through his phone. She seemed to have a fond love for the fries as she ate a good amount of them in the short amount of time she had them. Sans glanced at her, taking a notice in this. "*чα rєαllч líkє fríєѕ thαt much? hєh, thαt'ѕ cσσl."

"𝔜𝔢𝔭!" She exclaimed, having already finished them. "ℑ 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔢𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔱! 𝔐𝔞𝔶𝔟𝔢 𝔞 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔪𝔲𝔠𝔥..𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔦𝔰 𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔬 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤~" She seemed to perk up a bit, surprisingly enough. As she did this, a box of fries was spawned infront of her, causing her to awe in surprise. "*hєh, єαt up." He adjured.

"𝔒𝔬𝔥, 𝔬𝔨𝔦𝔦𝔦!" She hastily grabbed the box and proceeded to num on the fries, delving herself in exceptional happiness, not even bothering to ask how they spawned like that.

"𝔐𝔪, 𝔰𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰~ 𝔪𝔥, 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯'𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰, 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢..𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔢𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔶! ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔢𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥...𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔶 𝔣𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰~!" She muttered this all to herself softly as she continued to num down all the fries, thinking about her older brother and how he was doing as she did this. She seemed inanely distracted..so much so that she paid no mind to Sans watching her as she ate. "*чσu єαt quítє α lσt fσr чσur ѕízє. í mєαn, nσt thαt ít mαttєrѕ. juѕt ѕαчíng." He remarked. "𝔐𝔥-?" She glanced at him, chewing down one of the fries. "ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔰𝔞𝔶 ℑ 𝔞𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔢...ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔬𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔥𝔲𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔶...𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔬𝔫 𝔞𝔫 𝔲𝔫𝔯𝔢𝔩𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔢, 𝔦𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔭𝔰 𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯." She explained.

"*í ѕєє..wєll єvєrчσnє íѕ díffєrєnt."

As she finished her fry, she glanced down at her hand that lied sideways in her lap. "𝔐𝔥, 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔩...𝔬𝔯 𝔪𝔞𝔶𝔟𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱, 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶.." She dejected. "*hσw ѕσ?" He asked.

She merely narrowed her eyes a bit, appearing as if she were staring off into distant space. "ℑ𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔱...𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰 𝔢𝔞𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔦𝔱 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯...𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔣𝔲𝔩𝔩...𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔱'𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔞 𝔠𝔬𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔪 𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔦𝔱...𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥..𝔦𝔱 𝔦𝔰.."

"*ít'ѕ juѕt lífє. чσu cαn't ѕurvívє wíthσut fσσd. αnd ѕσmєσnє єαtѕ mσrє, ѕσmєσnє єαtѕ lєѕѕ.." He stated. In a sense, perhaps he was right.. But simultaneously, she would have to wonder. "𝔐𝔪𝔥...ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴...ℑ 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔦𝔱'𝔰 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔬𝔣𝔣 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯...𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔟𝔢 𝔞 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔰𝔢 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯...𝔡𝔬𝔢𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔦𝔡𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔫𝔲𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔳𝔞𝔩𝔲𝔢 ....𝔪𝔥.." She looked a little disappointed in herself for stating that. It sounded stupid now that she thought about it.

"*wєll ít cαn juѕt fíll чσur ѕtσmαch up. nσthíng єlѕє. nσ vítαmínѕ σr αnчthíng."

He explained. After he said this, she felt a little more idiotic for making the assumption.

'...𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒶 𝓇 𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓊𝓅𝒾𝒹... 𝒪𝒻 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝒷𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽! 𝒲𝒽𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓉 𝒽 𝒾 𝓃 𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉...?'

She mentally scolded herself harshly. "𝔜..𝔶𝔢𝔞𝔥...ℑ 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔷𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴...𝔰𝔬...𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔯𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔪𝔶 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱..-" She paused, becoming a bit despondent. "ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔥𝔢𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔥𝔶...ℑ 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔞 𝔪𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 ...𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣𝔣 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢..ℑ 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔱 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰.." It wasn't an act..she genuinely felt disappointed in herself. In reality, she shouldn't of been...it was just a small miscalculation..but she couldn't help it.

Sans noticed this, for once, not viewing her despondency as humorous. "*hєч kíddσ, ít'ѕ αlríght. wє mαkє míѕtαkєѕ, αnd wє lєαrn frσm thєm." He stated, making her feel a little surprised.

For once, he didn't disregard her feelings.. "𝔜𝔢𝔞𝔥...𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱'𝔰...𝔯-ℜ𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱..ℑ 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔴𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔤...𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔦𝔱 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔰..- 𝔦𝔣 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣, 𝔦𝔱 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔰 𝔬 𝔪 𝔢 𝔟 𝔬 𝔡 𝔶... 𝔄𝔫𝔡 ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢...ℑ 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫..ℑ 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔶 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔦𝔱...𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔱...ℑ'𝔳𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢, ℑ 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔰..."

"*єh, juѕt ígnσrє σthєrѕ αnd αccєpt thє míѕtαkє αnd чσu mσvє σn." He said, as if it were just that easy. She glanced at her amulet with sorrow in her eyes. "ℑ𝔱'𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔰...ℑ 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔢𝔭𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔲𝔰𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 ...𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔩𝔬𝔶𝔞𝔩..ℑ 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔰.."

"*єh, lσσk αt whαt mч míѕtαkєѕ вrσught mє. чσu gσttα fíght вαck, kíd."He proposed. But...f i g h t b a c k? She couldn't do that...well no...she c o u l d...she wasn't half as useless as she makes herself believe..but she could never do that.. She could never force herself to...f i g h t someone..she hated physical confrontations. "ℑ...ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴...ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴, 𝔖𝔞𝔫𝔰...𝔟𝔲𝔱 ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔦𝔣 ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬...𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 ℑ 𝔡𝔬..𝔟𝔲𝔱 ℑ 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱...ℑ'𝔪 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔦𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔣𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤..ℑ 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔶, ℑ 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨.."

She held back the urge to start crying...she truly hated this; feeling so weak..

"*nσt wíth fíѕtѕ..вut wíth wσrdѕ." He explained.

For a moment, she thought about what he said..but could she even manage that? "𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔰..? .... ....𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢...𝔞𝔯𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔨?..𝔬𝔯 𝔰𝔞𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰?...𝔦𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱...𝔦𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱...𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔣𝔲𝔩...?"

The mere thought of saying heartless things was like poison in her eyes; why would she even think about that? She had never said disrespectful things before.. Ever..

"*dєpєndѕ σn thє ѕítuαtíσn. tαlkíng вαck αѕ wєll. ít juѕt ѕhσwѕ thαt чσu dσ nσt wαnt tσ вє thrσwn αrσund líkє α tσч αnd thαt чσu wíll вítє вαck."

"𝔄𝔥, 𝔞𝔥 ℑ 𝔰𝔢𝔢!" She exclaimed, "ℑ..𝔰𝔢𝔢..ℑ 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔰...ℑ 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔬𝔯...𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔣 𝔦𝔱 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔰 ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔭𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔰 𝔪𝔲𝔠𝔥....ℑ 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔥𝔬𝔭𝔢 ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℑ 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔰𝔱: 𝔞 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢."

"*чσu wσn't," Sans assured her. "*чσu wíll gєt rєѕpєct fσr ѕαчíng thє thíngѕ чσu hαvє вєєn hídíng; trч ít σn mє."

Just as he said this, she looked at him in surprise.."ℌ-𝔥𝔲𝔥?...𝔲-𝔲𝔪...ℑ...ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴...𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔞𝔪 ℑ 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔶?...ℑ 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫..ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫 𝔴ant 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔶 𝔬 𝔲, 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴. ...ℑ'𝔡 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔦𝔱...ℑ 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫...𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℑ ℌ𝔄𝔙𝔈 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔲𝔭 𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢 ℑ 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱 ... ...𝔦𝔰 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔣𝔣 𝔡𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔪𝔶 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯..𝔰𝔬 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔢..𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔦𝔱...𝔱𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲."

"*thєn ѕєє mє αѕ чσur fαthєr αnd gσ hαm."

She narrowed her eyes slightly. She didn't want to do that. She was beginning to like Sans' company...even if he was, in a sense, encouraging her to let out everything she was holding back...she didn't want it all to pour out towards him. ".... ℑ𝔱'𝔰 𝔫𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔰 𝔥𝔦𝔪..." Her eyes fell over her shiny amulet, as she grasped it firmly. "ℌ𝔢'𝔰 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔩𝔶 𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔫 𝔦𝔫 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔰𝔢. ℌ𝔢'𝔰 𝔳𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔣𝔲𝔩..𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔢, 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯, 𝔱𝔬 𝔪𝔬𝔪...ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔱!" Before she knew it, she actually w a s ranting about her father.

"ℌ𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔰 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔯𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢... ℌ𝔈 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔥 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤! ℌ𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℌℑ𝔖 𝔴𝔞𝔶, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔣 𝔥𝔢 𝔡𝔬𝔢𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔢 𝔤𝔢𝔱𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔶 𝔬𝔳𝔱r 𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔥𝔲𝔯𝔱𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔬𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔯𝔶 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢... ℌ𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨𝔰 𝔚𝔈'ℜ𝔈 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔪𝔰 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔢'𝔰 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔬𝔬 𝔰𝔱𝔲𝔠𝔨-𝔲𝔭 𝔱𝔬 𝔞𝔡𝔪𝔦𝔱 ℌ𝔈'𝔖 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔦𝔰𝔰𝔲𝔢𝔰! ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔪𝔬𝔪 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔗ℌℑ𝔑𝔎ℑ𝔑𝔊 𝔪𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔩-𝔣𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔨 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔢!. ... ....ℑ...𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔥𝔦𝔪....𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℑ'𝔪 𝔱𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡..𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔠𝔯𝔲𝔢𝔩𝔶 𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔪𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔰... ℌ𝔢'𝔰 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔫 𝔢𝔳𝔦𝔩 𝔡𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔬𝔯..."

She really did release her feeling of hatred so strongly...very strongly...though it didn't feel right...not even i f she was addressing her father as 'him'. "*hєч. juѕt chαngє thє "hím" tσ "чσu" αnd чσu díd ít."

He seemed to be encouraging her in a sense. ...though she didn't like any word that spilled from her mouth. "ℑ𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔥𝔦𝔪 𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶...𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 ℑ 𝔚ℑ𝔏𝔏 𝔰𝔞𝔶 '𝔶𝔬𝔲' ...𝔟𝔲𝔱...𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴...𝔦𝔣 ℑ 𝔨𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔪𝔲𝔠𝔥 ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔪𝔶 𝔣𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯...ℑ 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔯𝔞𝔪𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔶 𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔲𝔞𝔤𝔢...𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔣𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔤..."

Though saying this, didn't seem to matter too much to Sans. "*ѕσ whαt? juѕt mαkєѕ ít єαѕíєr fσr чσu. juѕt ѕhσw mє whαt чσu gσt." He adjured her, halfly itching to see what she had held back.. Though this time, she felt as if...maybe ...just maybe..if she was compliant for a moment...she might actually feel better. All she had to do was reach inside the back of her brain where she hides her true feelings and unleash everything she had on him...though not on h i m. It's what he wants her to do...

She slowly closed her eyes, taking in a deep breath of pure air. In doing this, she prepared herself for her raging banter as she would have to spill more than just her anger into her words.

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₴Ø ɆVɆⱤɎ฿ØĐɎ ₮Ⱨ₳₮ ĐØɆ₴..₦Ɇ₳ⱤⱠɎ ₳ⱠⱠ ⱠɆ₣₮ ØⱤ ₥ØⱤɆ₴Ø, Ɇ₴₵₳₱ɆĐ ₦Ø₮ ₩₳₦₮ł₦₲ ₮Ø ⱠłVɆ ł₦ ₳ ⱧØɄ₴Ɇ ₩ⱧɆⱤɆɎØɄ'ⱤɆ₳Ⱡ₩₳Ɏ₴฿Ɇł₦₲Đł₵₮₳₮ɆĐ₣ØⱤɆVɆⱤɎ₮Ⱨł₦₲ɎØɄĐØ! ₴Ø ₦ØØ₩, ɎØɄ'ⱤɆ₳Ⱡ₥Ø₴₮₵Ø₥₱ⱠɆ₮ɆⱠɎ₳ⱠØ₦Ɇ!₩Ⱨł₵Ⱨ ł₴ ⱧØ₩ ɎØɄ ₴ⱧØɄⱠĐ ฿Ɇ!"

After she finished spurting her fast-paced ranting, she exhaled, feeling disgust for every word she spoke. But in truth, it was all honest feeling. She fell in silence as Sans appeared stunned by her speech. He blinked a few times, emphasizing the astonishment.

"*wσw." He slowly clapped, though it wasn't like she was proud of herself. She shouted her irksome rage at him like a jerk...she didn't like it at all. She quickly covered her eyes with her hands, facing towards the ground. "𝔖𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔶!" She cried, hating herself excessively.

He merely began to clap more as if her ranting was satisfactory to him or entertaining in a sense. "*hσlч ѕhít, thαt wαѕ αmαzíng." He exclaimed. She slowly pulled her hands away from her eyes. "𝔐𝔪𝔥.." She grasped her arm tenaciously, glancing off to the side. "𝔄...𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔞𝔱𝔬𝔲..." Her mutter was soft, though not unintelligible.

"*nσ prσвlєm kíddσ, juѕt dσn't dσ ít αll thє tímє."

Hearing this, she immediently turned her attention to him. She felt offended and her face became red with fluster. Does he t h i n k she'd use T H A T all the time or something? Not likely. She resented rudeness.. It offended her in a sense. "𝔐𝔥! 𝔒-𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔡𝔬 𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢! .... ℑ'𝔪 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔞 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔢! ...ℑ 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔡𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔬!"

'ℐ 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒾𝓃 𝑔𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓁...'

"*вut dσ ít frσm tímє tσ tímє, ít wíll gєt ѕσmє wєíght σff чσur ѕhσuldєrѕ."

For a minute, she did feel like something was lifted off her shoulders..she felt..a little better.. Just for letting out her bottled up feelings. But even so...she hated every moment she spent shouting at him... "𝔄𝔥, ...𝔪𝔪𝔥...ℑ 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔡𝔬 𝔦𝔱 𝔦𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱. 𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔒𝔑𝔏𝔜 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱. 𝔑𝔒 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔢." She stated firmly.

"*чσu gσt ít, kíddσ." He said, letting out a long and weary yawn. It seemed a bit concerning to Laurii, and as a result, she tilted her head slightly, looking at him inquisitively. "𝔐𝔪𝔥? 𝔄𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔤𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡?" She asked. "*nαh, í αlwαчѕ чαwn ѕσ ít'ѕ σk." He replied, though his reply did nothing to ease her subtle concern. That wasn't good..not in the least.

She narrowed her eyes a bit. "𝔑𝔢, 𝔫𝔢!" She exclaimed, "𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱'𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔞 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥! 𝔄𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔶𝔞𝔴𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔰 𝔞 𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔦𝔦𝔪𝔢! 𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔰 𝔫𝔬 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡. 𝔑𝔬 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔞𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔩." She claimed, crossing her arms though as a result Sans crossed his arms as well. "*ѕσ whαt? чσu cαn't mαkє mє gσ tσ ѕlєєp."

...that...was true... She couldn't force him to go to sleep...she didn't want to either. Perhaps it was just her concern for his lack of sleep getting to her.. But she just wanted him to sleep for his own benefit.

"𝔐𝔥𝔥! 𝔑𝔬 ℑ𝔠𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔬𝔱, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔢𝔢𝔢𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔢, 𝔖𝔞𝔫𝔰!" She pleaded, pressing her tiny hands together in such a way that it made her look as if she were begging. "𝔖𝔩𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔦𝔰 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲! 𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔱 𝔦𝔰 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔱!"

Though, Sans seemed unfazed by this. "*í'd rαthєr nσt. í hαvє mч σwn rєαѕσnѕ."

"𝔒𝔥..." She slowly dropped her hands, sighing softly, as she realized her attempt failed..though it shouldn't be a surprise to her.

"*rєαѕσnѕ thαt wαkє mє up αt níght. thє pαín íѕ beyond anything i have felt."

After he said this, she immediately felt the same amount of stupidity she had before. Why does she keep doing this? Pushing it and saying thoughtless things... "𝔒-𝔒𝔥!" Exclaiming, she mentally scolded herself yet again. "I'𝔪𝔰𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔶𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔰𝔲𝔤𝔤𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔩𝔢𝔢𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫! ℑ- 𝔡𝔦𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱...𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱!...." She cried out, feeling even worse now.

"*kíd, ít'ѕ σk. juѕt fσrgєt αвσut ít." He proposed. Though she felt more saddened though it was clear he was trying to keep her in a state of ataraxy.

"....ℑ .....𝔬𝔨𝔦 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫..." She twiddled her fingers, contemplating a way to change the subject so she wouldn't feel so bad anymore.

"*ѕσ.., hσw íѕ thє ѕurfαcє líkє?" He asked, trying to move things along, perhaps to get her out of her slump. "𝔖𝔲𝔯𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢?" It took her a moment to understand what he was talking about..though it hit her after realization.

"..𝔬𝔥! ..𝔲𝔪- 𝔴𝔢𝔩𝔩..ℑ 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔰𝔞𝔶 𝔦𝔱'𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶...𝔭𝔦𝔤𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡..ℑ 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫, ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 4 𝔠𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔯𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 ℑ 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔱 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤...𝔟𝔲𝔱...𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔰..., 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔫 𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔷𝔬𝔫, 𝔦𝔱 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔰 𝔞 𝔠𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔨𝔦𝔰𝔥-𝔶𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔨𝔶- .. ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔞 𝔩𝔬𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔟𝔲𝔱...ℑ 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔦𝔱 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔰 𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔢𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔱 𝔦𝔰....𝔦𝔱...𝔦𝔰....𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤, ℑ 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢. ..." She explained, before closing her eyes calmly. "ℑ 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔰 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔞 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔫 ~"

"*ít wσuld вє вσríng," he stated, "*єvєrчσnє flσαtíng αrσund чσu. αnd чσu dσ nσthíng вut juѕt ѕhínє."

Though oddly enough, hearing this alone made her smile, a bright, radiating smile for the first time. "𝔗𝔥𝔞𝔱'𝔰 𝔬𝔨𝔦~!" She exclaimed ever so jubilantly. "ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔰 𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔩𝔶 𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔡𝔦𝔪𝔰, 𝔞𝔫𝔶𝔴𝔞𝔶." Her smile softened a bit. "𝔅𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢- 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱𝔩𝔶- 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤 ℑ 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔡𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱, ℑ'𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔩𝔶 𝔧𝔬𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔰𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔞𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔰𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔰..! 𝔖𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢 ℑ 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔡𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶.."

Perhaps by now...Sans could tell how low-spirited and discouraged Laurii was.. Through everything she stated she stated with noticable hints of doubt. She couldn't even be high-spirited talking about...well, herself... She had exceptionally low self-esteem, it seemed.

"*чσu cαn, вut ín αnσthєr wαч. чσu gσttα ѕtαnd σut, líkє thє ѕun. чσu gσttα ѕhσw чσurѕєlf tσ thє wσrld."

Hearing this, she felt a slight pinch of fear resonating inside. "𝔄𝔥𝔢𝔥- 𝔫-𝔫𝔬...𝔫𝔬...𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱'𝔰 𝔬𝔨𝔦...ℑ'𝔡....𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔫𝔬𝔱....ℑ 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫, ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔟𝔲𝔱....ℑ 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨 ℑ'𝔪 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱." She smiled wryful. "*wєll hєrє чσu cαn ѕhínє." He yawned, "*вut чσur chσícє."

It didn't even cross her mind..she didn't think that would be possible...just earlier she feared the person encouraging her would murder her.... She didn't want to stand out anymore than she was already; being a 'human'...

She rested her weary head against the counter, having her cheek pushed against it's cold surface in such a way that made her face look slightly more pudgy. "ℌ𝔢𝔶 𝔖𝔞𝔫𝔰, 𝔠𝔞𝔫 ℑ 𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤...? ..𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢..𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔞𝔫 𝔥𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔦𝔱?"

"*ѕurє thíng." His reply was simple, though felt sincere in a way.

She would pause for a moment, contemplating what she wanted to ask him... She had asked something similar to this...though she wanted to ask once more; "ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴...𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔥𝔲𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔰- 𝔅𝔲𝔱 ....𝔡𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲 ℜ𝔈𝔄𝔏𝔏𝔜 𝔳𝔦𝔢𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔞𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔪𝔢?"

As she finished her question there was a brief moment of silence before he replied.

"*чєѕ. єvєrч humαn hαd thє ѕαmє ѕtσrч. єvєrч humαn íѕ thє ѕαmє ínѕídє. thєч αct thє ѕαmє whєn thєч ѕєє mє."

He sounded sincere once more towards his reply..it was calm, however, though she still felt slightly slugged hearing his belief. "ℑ 𝔰𝔢𝔢," she softly closed her eyes, beginning to feel ever so sleepy. "ℑ 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔰...ℑ 𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫...𝔡𝔦𝔡𝔫'𝔱 ℑ?"

Though it wasn't true.. She didn't act the same way it would seem. "*nσt quítє. lσσk αt чσu; αlívє. чσu ѕσmєhσw mαdє mє ѕpαrє чσu."

'ℳ 𝒶 𝒹 𝑒 ~?'