You would be leaving the Underground soon. You were so close to the core- you could hear it whirring even now, as you sit inside the MTT Resort’s restaurant across from Sans.

Yeah. That’s right. Sans. The seemingly goofy skeleton you met in Snowdin. You did a bit of a… deep dive when you were in the TRUE Lab, and learned a thing or two about him from Papyrus, Alphys… hell, his mystery even led to you opening your horizons and finding out about W.D Gaster.

You’d only been here a few days… but it’s been a whirl wind of an adventure. You didn’t want to leave. Sans knew that.

Somehow, as you say in the restaurant, you knew it was raining. You could hear it. It made no sense- it WASN’T raining in Hotland. It never did.

You guys have no food and are not served. It seemed like you were… alone.

Sans sat and talked. He talked about you going ‘home’… when he really thought it wasn’t worth it. I mean, down here, you already had food, drink, friends…

He told you the story of a promise he made, and what would have happened if he hadn’t made that promise. You knew you’d be dead where you stand.

He gets up to leave, and with a sigh, gives you that weary smile. “take care of yourself, kid. cause someone really cares about you.”

This already emotionally charged conversation tore into your heart. And that was just the nail in the coffin. You call out to him before he can leave, and when he turns back, you’re staring at him with a look he… can’t quite make out.

“…what’s that look for, buddy?” He asks.