"You can be pretty dumb, kid. I'll give you that. But you aren't dumb. And I won't get mad if you promise to explain everything to me and follow through on that promise." His voice had softened, his hand finally releasing her face and turning his wrist so he could catch and hold her hand. The feeling of safety she had always felt around him, even when he was scaring the shit out of her, made a soft sigh leave her chest. She had always known that if Sans figured out something she would tell him, no matter how hard she wanted to fight it. They had always had a closeness she never really had with the other monsters, not even Momma Toriel. Despite the fact he claimed he only gave her a chance because Mom had asked him to she was pretty sure he had only started out like that considering their closeness at the end of every single reset.
"Fine….. Let's go to Grillby's old place. It's gonna take a while to explain." She murmured, already expecting him to offer a shortcut. He smiled at her, a smile that told her that he actually did know she knew what he was gonna offer before he tugged her in the wrong direction as he always.
"Alright then. Let's take a shortcut."
Soon she found them walking inside Grillby's, the dusty building still smelling like smoke and dog fur. They walked together to one of the empty booths near the door and slid into it, one to each side. As she settled she crossed her arms on the table and let her head fall forward onto them. She had always known someone would get suspicious when she disappeared at the time she chose to reset. Since she rarely went far before she decided it was time her disappearing act probably would have been considered odd. She wondered if Mom and Dad were thinking that Sans was rescuing her from a kidnapper, or herself. She pushed the thoughts away as she lifted her head, looking up to the waiting Sans. He was relaxed in his seat, his hand reaching in his coat to pull out a soda and an orange that he handed to her.
"Thanks Sans….." She murmured, her hands almost immediately starting in on peeling the fruit. "I really don't know where to start. I know you know of the reset I did, back when I escaped but you guys didn't, right?"
"Yeah I remember it. I was a bit worried when it took awhile for the reset to kick in. I thought you had forgotten us."
"I was studying."
"Studying? Studying what?"
"Ways to save Asriel."
At the Sans paused, his head tilting to the side as he took in her words. "Asriel died a long time before you appeared in the Underground, kid."