[Which, they've already discussed, is a bit of a concern down here. Most food washing down waterfalls is still in sealed packages, the kind of mediocre food that humans willingly throw out... And there's no guarantee there's any wasteful humans upstream. But there's enough similarities between these waterfalls and those he's used to for him to comfortably hold out hope.]
I'm... sure it will be okay when I wake up! And if we're down here long enough, it'll heal with time alone.
[Papyrus runs a clawed finger gently over the scratch again, trying and failing to heal it with his own magic. Magic continues stubbornly refusing to work right, and he shrugs.]
For now! There's no sense dwelling on it. We should think of other things. Like how waterfalls work where you're from, or what you have all these... broken watches for?
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[Which, they've already discussed, is a bit of a concern down here. Most food washing down waterfalls is still in sealed packages, the kind of mediocre food that humans willingly throw out... And there's no guarantee there's any wasteful humans upstream. But there's enough similarities between these waterfalls and those he's used to for him to comfortably hold out hope.]
I'm... sure it will be okay when I wake up! And if we're down here long enough, it'll heal with time alone.
[Papyrus runs a clawed finger gently over the scratch again, trying and failing to heal it with his own magic. Magic continues stubbornly refusing to work right, and he shrugs.]
For now! There's no sense dwelling on it. We should think of other things. Like how waterfalls work where you're from, or what you have all these... broken watches for?