[It doesn't surprise Sans that Papyrus doesn't seem worried about the feelings he's missing. Who would want to feel like Sans? Sans doesn't even want to feel like Sans. That Papyrus doesn't want that is just reasonable.]
Yeah, I'm worrying about it. [He can't not worry about it. He looks back down at the phone, staring at the battery charge. If he can see the rate it ticks down, he can figure out how long in concrete time Papyrus has if they completely lose access to charging. He's going to feel awful knowing that. He's not going to be able to stop thinking about that either. But he's going to calculate it anyway; he knows that like it's an already calculated fact.] Once it's daytime maybe you should talk to other people who know what they're doing with this stuff.
[Sans is no electrical engineer. Alphys would be more useful here, but no, Papyrus is stuck with Sans. "Papyrus is stuck with Sans" is a running theme of their lives, now that he thinks about it.]
[He hums acknowledgement but doesn't bother arguing the worrying point - seems like Sans will be feeling all kinds of less than happy things for a while. More than usual, at that. Pushing him about it is best saved for things that're likely to make a difference for the better, huh?]
Powering machines when there's no power? That's a good idea, I bet there's all sorts of human solutions to this sort of thing. [A few of the neighbors mentioned power outages like this before, at the feast of a cookout.] Maybe we can set up something perpetual while we're at it! Wouldn't hurt to spend less on the power bills.
Yeah, maybe. [There's those pedal-powered machines they have in museums. Sans has seen them on television; you ride a bike for long enough and go fast enough and you can power a lightbulb. But no, that's incredibly stupid. Nobody's going to exercise a robot to life.]
Nothing I can do about that stuff. Not really my department. Sorry.
Not up for night studying, huh? [It's said lightly, almost gently, rather than chidingly. He shrugs to emphasize that it's no big deal, in case Sans hasn't gotten the it's fine takeaway yet.]
Seems like your department's bringing up good points, instead - I'm sure it'll save time, talking with experts. As fun as reinventing the wheel is... I can save it for after I know the wheel's a useful component.
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Yeah, I'm worrying about it. [He can't not worry about it. He looks back down at the phone, staring at the battery charge. If he can see the rate it ticks down, he can figure out how long in concrete time Papyrus has if they completely lose access to charging. He's going to feel awful knowing that. He's not going to be able to stop thinking about that either. But he's going to calculate it anyway; he knows that like it's an already calculated fact.] Once it's daytime maybe you should talk to other people who know what they're doing with this stuff.
[Sans is no electrical engineer. Alphys would be more useful here, but no, Papyrus is stuck with Sans. "Papyrus is stuck with Sans" is a running theme of their lives, now that he thinks about it.]
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Powering machines when there's no power? That's a good idea, I bet there's all sorts of human solutions to this sort of thing. [A few of the neighbors mentioned power outages like this before, at the feast of a cookout.] Maybe we can set up something perpetual while we're at it! Wouldn't hurt to spend less on the power bills.
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Nothing I can do about that stuff. Not really my department. Sorry.
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Seems like your department's bringing up good points, instead - I'm sure it'll save time, talking with experts. As fun as reinventing the wheel is... I can save it for after I know the wheel's a useful component.