The human's eyes snapped open, seeing a bedroom filled with toys and drawings.
I must have been dreaming... The human thought sadly, the smell of pie filling the air. Oh, well. Back to.. whatever I was doing before last night-
The door swung open, revealing the female monster that the Sentinel had taken the child to last night.
Nevermind...
"Ah, good morning, child!" The monster said sweetly. She was shorter than the Sentinel, with smaller horns and eyelashes on her eyes. She was dressed in a dark purple dress, with an odd symbol on the front. Other than those details, she looked a lot like the Sentinel.
"Here, come have breakfast with my son!" She said, smiling gently. "I made butterscotch pie, but if you'd prefer a different pie, I'd be more than happy to make that as well..."
I prefer cinnamon, but I'll take any pie any day. The human thought, then got out of bed and followed the motherly monster to the kitchen. "Oh, silly me! I forgot to tell you my name!" The monster stopped and took a knee so she could be eye level with the human.
"My name is Toriel, and I am the caretaker of the ruins. And your name is...?"
The human opened their mouth to respond, but before they could, the Sentinel walked into the kitchen. "Mom, the pie you made is delicious-" he stopped when he saw the human. "Was I... interrupting... anything..."
"It's fine, my child." Toriel walked over to the Sentinel and hugged him. "You made me so proud, saving this poor, innocent youth..."
The Sentinel smiled softly, then looked at Toriel. "We should probably feed the child..."
"Oh, yes! Of course!" Toriel laughed and walked off to get the pie. "What a mother, am I right?" The Sentinel said, looking at the human. The child looked closer at him, noticing an old scar running from his chin to his nostril... It was noticeable, but not to his detriment. The human was surprised that the Sentinel didn't have a wife here, musing over having a strong and (for a monster) handsome husband.
"Here we are!" Toriel set a pie on the table, smiling at the human. "Have as much of it as you'd like, the two of us have already eaten." The human dug in, devouring every bit of the pie. With every bite, the human felt some of their strength returning, until they felt as strong and healthy as ever. Toriel smiled. "It seems that you liked breakfast..." she said, amused. "Why don't you look around a bit, let my son walk you through the ruins." The Sentinel nodded to his mother, then grabbed his spear.
They walked around for about four hours, the human telling the Sentinel about the underground, and asking about the surface. "To be honest, I've never been outside of the ruins..." He smiled. "I know... I probably seem like a hopeless nerd living in his mom's basement, but that's... well... it's somewhat accurate, but at least I have a job." The Sentinel smiled, then frowned. "Though I suppose it's not really a 'job' if I don't get paid..."
The human cracked a grin. This guy was so awkward.
"To be honest, human... I've always wanted to leave too." The human looked at him curiously, then asked why.
"...Revenge..." The Sentinel said quietly, then shut up when he heard Toriel approaching.
"My goodness, you two wandered off quite a bit! It's a wonder you haven't-"
The human suddenly saw something... It looked like a frog.
"*Ribbit*..." The frog said, looking at the human. "Froggit says hello. *Ribbit*"
The human figured it had several options: talk to a frog (the obvious choice), fight the frog, or just spare it. The human chose the last one, and looked back at Toriel.
"Well...I was about to say that it was a wonder you haven't run into anything, but I suppose that answered my question." She laughed and leaned forward, hugging the child. "I'm so proud of you for making a good choice..."
The human hugged back, enjoying the motherly love that Toriel seemed to have for it. They asked Toriel if she would come with them on their journey around the surface.
"...Journey?" Toriel said hesitantly, trying to hide the fear in her eyes. "I'm sorry, I must not have explained myself. You're staying here... in your home..."
The human reluctantly took Toriel's hand and walked with her back 'home'. On the way, the human wondered about what the Sentinel had meant by 'revenge', why Toriel seemed so scared, and how they were going to make their way further across the surface...