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[dorkypantsuit]

CHANNEL FREQUENCY: 101.11011
DESCRIPTION: Basically he is always on the radio being obnoxious and looking for work. He will not apologize for talking nonstop to you.

MAIL BOX LOCATION: On the Ladder to Nowhere by his trailer door.
DESCRIPTION: A large kitschy maneki neko bank. Just slip your letter into the hole on the back of the cat's head.

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[dorkypantsuit]

The shivering is another surprise. He doesn't know what Papyrus' is thinking, but he can tell it's something that bothers him. He thinks, from the sudden understanding Papyrus shows that the Psionic must have hit on something personal, but whether it was something personal of Sans' or something of Papyrus he isn't sure.

He doesn't say it out loud, but a part of him isn't even sure worry for others comes into the equation with Sans. Sans didn't seem to give others much thought when he took action. It's not as though Sans didn't want to do good, but rather that it was for less personal reasons. The Psionic isn't sure about that though, and he doesn't want to say something that might offend Papyrus or through the taller skeleton off track. Still, with Sans it always felt much more big picture than that.

He pushes the thought aside, shrugging in response to Papyrus' question, even if he's only asking himself.

"You can't really. You can be there for them, you can remind them you think good of them even if they don't, but there's no way you can really force someone to change."

[spaghettimonster]

"Huh?? Are you a mindreader?"

Papyrus starts as he asks, no sarcasm in his voice: it's like he's surprised to hear the question answered. Sometimes he forgets his indoor voice is simply too loud for his internal thoughts to stay internal, but what's done is done. He rushes on without a chance for Psi to respond.

"Then you should already know, that I already know that. Forcing people to change is terrible. Futile. You can't force somebody to change for the better. Without the solid foundation of them wanting it and believing it themselves... it'll never last! But inspiring them, reminding them that they're great, so maybe they realize the benefits of changing themselves... that's completely doable. I do it all the time!"

That was basically his job description as king. Everybody (except, possibly, Papyrus) knew that Sans was seeing to the administrative side of things, the paperwork and tracking of various things to make the nation work. Not that there were too many, as even distractable Asgore had run things well enough. Papyrus, as king, primarily served as a figure of reassurance and hope for people who'd lost too much already.

"I'm not stuck on trying to change anybody. I'm stuck because Sans doesn't act the same anymore! So I can't tell if my encouragement is helping. One time it failed very badly. Nobody wants a repeat."

[dorkypantsuit]

He doesn't know about kings, monster problems, or why Papyrus thinks he's a mind reading. The thing that catches his attention is that last bit there.

"You used to be able to encourage him?"