With the Ringmaster's bright fires rushing out around them, the threatening pressure seems to lighten ever so slightly. It's enough for Papyrus to take stock, and shout back at his brother.

"We're missing her, of course!" He doesn't bother to specify which her he means. The Winter Queen, choosing to change her mind, or the Ringmaster, bearing in to force the issue... Either is applicable.

Instead he doubles down on offering encouragement and hope - the silver lining on the edge between light and shadow - and pushing it to the both of them.