"Well... I'd like to root for someone bigger than you to eat you," he says slowly, as if he's just realizing how much he's come to depend on that as a problem solver with big problems. It's effectively the same as calling Undyne or Sans to come help with a problem would have been, except with a little more eating. And moral quandery vis a vis eaten people are usually dead. Ignatius is a bewildering exception.

And, as if it needs any elaboration, Papyrus adds, "you you, not Sans. But I don't think that's happening. I really hoped that convincing you would work a little bit! You're not just happening, you're a person. You're deciding to do things, too. And, you could always decide to do differently? With, uh, some effort, I guess fae don't change quickly."