Maybe in a different situation the bones would have held. Maybe if Papyrus wasn't so charged, and Sans wasn't so put off. After all, the magic is an extension of him. The bones don't have strength beyond what he can put into them.
Papyrus is right, that was his plan. Catch him in the bones just long enough to get out of there, and take the pocket dimensiomn back to the carnival. He doesn't understand the context for why the idea would make Papyrus as upset as it does - why being alone in the darkness would be so familiar and terrifying. He's never had Papyrus scream at him like that before. He's not sure if he's ever heard Papyrus be that genuinely afraid.
If Papyrus ever tells him, later, it will make him sick to his soul. Right now, though, just hearing that reaction is enough to stun him. All the reaction time in the world can't save him if he doesn't know what to do.
The bones crack and fizzle into rings of radiant light, while Sans just stares.
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Papyrus is right, that was his plan. Catch him in the bones just long enough to get out of there, and take the pocket dimensiomn back to the carnival. He doesn't understand the context for why the idea would make Papyrus as upset as it does - why being alone in the darkness would be so familiar and terrifying. He's never had Papyrus scream at him like that before. He's not sure if he's ever heard Papyrus be that genuinely afraid.
If Papyrus ever tells him, later, it will make him sick to his soul. Right now, though, just hearing that reaction is enough to stun him. All the reaction time in the world can't save him if he doesn't know what to do.
The bones crack and fizzle into rings of radiant light, while Sans just stares.