"Sigh," Papyrus says slowly, with enough of a huff that it's a sigh in and of itself. "No, I'm not a corpse. That's a common misunderstanding. A frequent one, even."
He doesn't quite realize the scale of the vernacular divide between them, but he's picking up on the slightest edges of it. The emphasis on scientific words, at least. He'll pick up more of it as they talk, or Will Henry will pick up on more of the turns of phrase used so often by so many of the Mirrorbound. Or maybe both.
"I've always been a skeleton, and once, I was a little skeleton. Even smaller than you!"
Of course, that comparison doesn't mean a whole lot with Papyrus staying seated as resolutely as he is, the better not to loom over people. But he's a bit over 6' tall, tall enough.
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He doesn't quite realize the scale of the vernacular divide between them, but he's picking up on the slightest edges of it. The emphasis on scientific words, at least. He'll pick up more of it as they talk, or Will Henry will pick up on more of the turns of phrase used so often by so many of the Mirrorbound. Or maybe both.
"I've always been a skeleton, and once, I was a little skeleton. Even smaller than you!"
Of course, that comparison doesn't mean a whole lot with Papyrus staying seated as resolutely as he is, the better not to loom over people. But he's a bit over 6' tall, tall enough.