...Right. Okay. [Papyrus doesn't believe that, and he's not trying that hard to hide it, either, with the third 'okay' in 15 seconds.] I will only be so long, and then we can... Go make food, then get comfortable again.
[It's the first time Papyrus has mentioned food as something to seek out in about a week, so that's some kind of positive progress too. The smell seems fainter, so something with enough garlic just might overpower it. Still, for the moment he has repairs to do. (Repairs that the author doesn't really want to figure out the specifics of, so handwavium awaits.)
Small powered screwdriver, not quite as loud as the other but not quiet, to quickly remove some of the outer casings of his neck. Carefully craning it around in front of an external camera and the assistant arm, the better to get multiple viewpoints on - yes, some lingering rust in there despite all his cleaning. It's... uncannily, uncomfortably, imitating the shape of his old scar. He knew that the metal had formed over it and slowly subsumed the vertebrae there, but he hadn't expected it to be more vulnerable to rust than the surroundings. His neck isn't among what he's been building replacements for, but pressurized air should clear it out enough to see how much he actually needs to swap.]
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[It's the first time Papyrus has mentioned food as something to seek out in about a week, so that's some kind of positive progress too. The smell seems fainter, so something with enough garlic just might overpower it. Still, for the moment he has repairs to do. (Repairs that the author doesn't really want to figure out the specifics of, so handwavium awaits.)
Small powered screwdriver, not quite as loud as the other but not quiet, to quickly remove some of the outer casings of his neck. Carefully craning it around in front of an external camera and the assistant arm, the better to get multiple viewpoints on - yes, some lingering rust in there despite all his cleaning. It's... uncannily, uncomfortably, imitating the shape of his old scar. He knew that the metal had formed over it and slowly subsumed the vertebrae there, but he hadn't expected it to be more vulnerable to rust than the surroundings. His neck isn't among what he's been building replacements for, but pressurized air should clear it out enough to see how much he actually needs to swap.]