Papyrus with sleep deprivation for the whump prompts on tumblr. This somehow became comedic, don't ask me why...
There's a certain point in the course of sleep deprivation where everything, anything, becomes incredibly hilarious.
Papyrus seems to have reached that point.
Or perhaps he's just losing his mind, that's also a distinct possibility.
"Sea mammals are pretty dumb, aren't they?" he says, trying to stop giggling, and Sans stares at him over a cup of what is probably not coffee, but ketchup.
Papyrus is too tired to find out, nor properly scold him anyway.
He just stares right back and Sans sighs. There's little point in ignoring his brother when he gets like this, and it's what? The sixth morning they've been sitting at breakfast like this and by now he is seriously considering calling Undyne over and forcefully tying Papyrus to his bed.
Even that wouldn't actually make him sleep though.
He decides to take the bait. "Why is that, bro?"
"Because. If you. Can only breathe air..." Papyrus explains slowly, hand gestures accompanying every word. "Then don't go live in the sea. That's dumb."
"It is," Sans agrees, taking a careful sip and Papyrus frowns, unsatisfied.
"Evolutionary speaking, it's as obsolete as it is backward, Sans. It makes zero sense. Actually, it makes a negative amount of sense. Aleph zero amount of sense, brother."
"I'm sure it made sense to them," Sans tries and Papyrus throws him a look that is positively scandalized.
"You can not reasonably expect a dolphin to understand what is best for them, Sans!" he says with renewed vigor. "Encephalization quotient aside, they are very dumb."
"Right."
He takes another sip while Papyrus nods, deep in thought about the disappointing foresight of marine mammals.
"Not as dumb as birds though. They had everything going for them. They were dinosaurs. And now. Birds," Papyrus adds, an afterthought.
"Birds are dumb..." Sans repeats.
They stare at each other some more, baffled at this recent discovery, before Papyrus promptly passes out on their kitchen table.
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