"Err." He hadn't expected her to hear a thing, honestly, and goes through a dip of surprise and regret for a few seconds before he brightens at the coherence of her comment. "That's true! But Strange was busy, and not timely about being helpful."

Not helpful enough to stop Lilith from appearing... But none of them were, that's not his fault or reflecting badly on him in particular.

"He was helpful eventually," Papyrus admits after a second's delay, not wanting to end any part of this conversation on a negative note. "Now we're... On a street, in Eden, looking for friends."