[He considers lying, considers options for pushing his brother to take those wings and eyes and leave. But the eyes are part of the problem, Sans can probably see that he thought about lying on his face somehow. Truth, or at least some truth. It's not partial truth, it's just who has the time to be completely honest, even ignoring a robot's right to privacy?
Papyrus doesn't dwell on how his self-designation has, finally, shed nonsense like 'cyborg' or even the blatantly untrue 'skeleton'. He needs to redesign so he's not an imitation lifeform, but embracing his potential. So he's not recoiling from the sight of reflections. And if he changes his mind later, well, he'll leave the skull undamaged, and focus on all the rest of him first.]
\E5...NO. I NEED&REPAIRS, REDESIGN^1.&CAN'T STAND MY FEET./
[It is a little bit a pun, familiar lifeline of wordplay. A little bit volley for testing Sans's reaction, because he's only noticing how distant his brother's voice had gotten now that it's back to normal. They weren't even talking about space, he hadn't expected... And even though they're not on the roof, he can't easily leave if Sans decides to make him glow. (Can Sans make things glow? He did, but he didn't...? Memory error.)]
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Papyrus doesn't dwell on how his self-designation has, finally, shed nonsense like 'cyborg' or even the blatantly untrue 'skeleton'. He needs to redesign so he's not an imitation lifeform, but embracing his potential. So he's not recoiling from the sight of reflections. And if he changes his mind later, well, he'll leave the skull undamaged, and focus on all the rest of him first.]
\E5...NO. I NEED&REPAIRS, REDESIGN^1.&CAN'T STAND MY FEET./
[It is a little bit a pun, familiar lifeline of wordplay. A little bit volley for testing Sans's reaction, because he's only noticing how distant his brother's voice had gotten now that it's back to normal. They weren't even talking about space, he hadn't expected... And even though they're not on the roof, he can't easily leave if Sans decides to make him glow. (Can Sans make things glow? He did, but he didn't...? Memory error.)]