[video - ask a gentern if zydrate is right for you.]

[purpleknee]

As backwards as this place is, at least you're not using coin. That kind of economy never made a lot of sense to me. You don't even really seem like you're bartering at all! That's more than a little strange.

[Or maybe he just thinks he deserves a lot, when he's this far away from his heart. Hmn. A possibility, to be sure.]

However, since that's the case, I really don't see what the point is in working for an organization like the clinic. Why would I want to go work for someone else when I've been doing just fine on my own for years? Where I'm from, I'm one of just two menders, and I've had plenty of practice.

[He never even completed his training, but shhh.]

Has anyone from your great clinic recreated half a brain before? I doubt it. I have. So feel free to stop by the better healer whenever you like. I'm usually around the library trying to find something that isn't garbage, if you've, I don't know, got your fingers chewed off, or something.

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[purpleknee]

[skeleton-senpai is so mysterious...]

Well, I'm not going to complain. I need a break from talking with these people.

[He gestures to his phone, then leans across the table to pick up one of the blank books.]

You're really very different than a human skeleton. More like a child's drawing of one. Maybe not as scary. [ha] I wonder why the similarities that are there developed, or if it's just coincidence. You said you're a monster?

[skelebro]

[He grins cheerfully in Warrick's direction as he settles into his seat, heel of his palm swinging up to support the rounded part of his skull that constitutes his chin as he braces his weight on his elbow.]

Mhm. I figure there's some pretty significant differences. Like, uh, how bone ain't really supposed to do this.

[He winks one eyesocket, then the other. The bone just kinda...folds down over the socket and pops back up again, as pliable as skin. But it sure don't look like skin]

We fall under the species of "monsters," so I'd say there's no actual relation between humans and us. Just speculation, though.

[purpleknee]

[He's really jealous about this skull. And if he can learn how it works even a little bit, fixing bones might become even less painful for the injured, or not leave them sore for a while after...]

But you consider it bone? [He makes a quick note in the corner of the pages, then sweeps his pen in a sketchy arc.] Does it feel hard like bone, or is it more rubbery?

[skelebro]

Nah, it's bone.

[He drums the tips of his phalanges against the side of his skull to indicate. Sure enough, it makes the hollow kind of rattling tap-tap-tap you'd expect from bone.]

Magic lets ya break pretty much any rule if it's dramatic or funny enough.

[purpleknee]

...I guess that explains my sister. She doesn't follow the laws of conservation when it comes to magic, and she's definitely dramatic. Went around turning people into hats and shoes last time I was this far away from my heart.

[He adds a few more lines, then glances up.]

Never heard someone put it that way before. You certainly take your magic very seriously.

[skelebro]

Me? Taking things seriously?

[He chuckles, faintly disbelieving.]

Why would I go for the rule of drama when the lowest forms of humor are in easy reach, I ask you? I mean, look at me. Do I look like a guy who can reach all that high?

[Turns out being about four feet off the ground can be a real hindrance, who knew? 'Course, he don't need to be terribly tall to prove the points he needs to prove.]

[purpleknee]

[har har har har, Warrick smirks.]

You really are short. And round. Are you hollow under those clothes? Why are you even wearing clothes?

[skelebro]

You ask everybody why they wear clothes? Manners, man! Nobody wants to see a naked skeleton!

[He does an earnest job of being mock offended, eyeing Warrick with an amused grin.]

But, uh, nah. Just big-boned.

[purpleknee]

I think a naked skeleton would just be a skeleton without skin. Which you are.

[WHY DID THE SKELETON HAVE SHAME

...SOMETHING SOMETHING BONER JOKE???]

Hoodie and shorts is an interesting combination.

[skelebro]

You seem weirdly preoccupied with my clothes. Are you mentally undressing me or something, dude? I mean, I get artistic license and everything, but that seems a bit risque, don'tcha think?

[But then he shrugs, nonchalant.]

But hey, I'm not judging. Everybody needs a hobby, right?

[Sans just - stop. Stop talking. Please.]

[purpleknee]

Sorry to disappoint, but I already have a girlfriend.

[He's not completely unaffected by the accusation, though he's ignoring the blush as hard as he possibly can.]

I'm weirdly preoccupied by the things I think are weird, that's all.

[skelebro]

[That works out just fine, then, 'cause Sans has zero interest in those sorts of things and also zero interest in putting effort into things he has zero interest in.]

'Fraid I can't clarify things any. I've always been a skeleton, and so's my brother. Didn't realize there were discrepancies with the human body 'til later.

[purpleknee]

[Somehow, even the brief, offhand mention of Emma gets his shoulders to relax a little more, and his eyes become a little less calculated. He's just drawing. It's almost nice.]

That's true. Things from Earth seemed very weird to me even with all the reading I'd done.

[...wait]

You have a brother? How is a skeleton even born? Or...made? Can monsters be built? In a not-philosophical way.

[skelebro]

Same way humans are, I'd imagine.

[Yeah, he's not being any more helpful than that, Warrick, sorry. The answer, like it is to so many things about him, is probably - you guessed it! "Magic."]

But yeah. My brother's kinda the coolest. Like me, but the opposite.

[purpleknee]

[The grumbly feelings are returning a bit... A mystery is good, new and interesting things are good, but receiving the same answer for everything... Not as good. He can't even focus on Emma more!!! But okay, opposite of Sans...]

Opposite in every way? Tall and thin. Very serious and uptight? [cool like edgy, or what...]

[skelebro]

Nah. Loud, enthusiastic, and likes to say "Nyeh heh heh!"

[He does his best to mimic Papyrus's signature laugh with minimal success.]

Seriously, cooler than an old lazybones like me.

[purpleknee]

..."nyeh heh heh".

[0k]

Sounds like Selva, aside from the laugh. Like I said, she's dramatic. I'd say she drives me up the wall way more than she does something cool, though. [...Hmn.] I do admire her. I always have.

[skelebro]

This a friend of yours, this "Selva"?

[If she's anything like Papyrus, he's assuming he'd like her. He cracks one socket open a slit to watch Warrick lazily.]

[purpleknee]

[He'll take this opportunity to sketch out the hollows of his sockets, then, trying to add some depth in.]

My twin. She's pretty different from me, too. I think the only big thing we have in common is that we do really dumb stuff when we try to help. Get real stupid sometimes.

[skelebro]

"Dumb stuff" is pretty much requisite for the "life" package, I've learned.

[He fills up about 90% of his time doing dumb stuff. Now the scale of it can vary, mind. He can do "sleeping on the job" dumb. He can do "trying to cautiously entice a metaspatiotemporal anomaly into doing the right thing" dumb. He's got a whole spectrum at his disposal! Ain't that nice.]

[purpleknee]

You really do sound old when you talk like that.

[skelebro]

Why? Do I look young for my age?

[He grins winningly. There is...no real way of discerning his age, honestly. Though there's definitely something resembling bags under his eyesockets. Somehow.]

[purpleknee]

That depends on your age.

[...He kind of wonders if that's something he could figure out with his magic. The body's age. Ozma could control the body's aging and keep Ozites from dying, but... Ozma was a lot stronger than him and he'd never finished his training. He didn't know his limits.]

You look healthy, anyway. A bit tired.

[skelebro]

Healthy? Huh. And here I didn't realize there was a metric for that kinda thing.

[Given the fact that he's got 1 HP and mostly just does a whole lotta sleepin' to make up for it. He's never been what one would consider "healthy," but he must do an awful good job of hidin' it.

Yeah, well, he would, huh? That's all he ever does.]

[purpleknee]

[I mean, it's 1/1. He's at 100%!]

Healthier than most people with exposed bone, definitely. And you're up and aware, not limping or holding yourself oddly. Bones have no discoloration, breaks, or worn areas. I figure that's good, even if you're not a human skeleton.