A tiny pile of bones lay at the bottom of the pod and while Toriel looked on in confusion, Sans held a smug grin as he lightly patted the glass.
*This...is what is going to save us? Sans I don't understand...Its just a pile of bones!
*oh man, I didn't even notice. Must be pretty bad to be made out of only bone.
*Well- Ah- I'm sure there are exceptions to the idea b-but right now all I see is a pile of bones!
*Heh, yeah I know what you mean. Right now, the kid is lookin' pretty lazy but I can assure you, they already worked me to the bone.
*What do you mean?
*I had a feeling that if the human dreamt of a monster, the first place it would wake up was in the ruins. Sure enough, I met a new pal when I went there.
*It attacked me without warning, and let me tell you, the thing is already pretty strong. The special attack is leagues beyond me or my brother. In the end though, I was able to capture it.
*Capture it? But why?
*Don't you remember when you first work up as a monster? How strange and different everything was? Without any clues as to what your supposed to do, it can be pretty scary from some stranger to pop up. At the core we are all still animals in the end. Fight or flight'll kick in eventually.
*So I told the guy that I was a friend and that they needed to come with me to explain everything. I guess it didn't like the look I had on my face.
*Were you hurt? What happened!?
*nah. It couldn't touch me, way too primal to hit a skeleton like me. But the way it moved, its attacks...It all reminds me of the kid. In the end when it had me cornered, I asked if it would spare me. And it did. It didn't last long on its feet while we walked to the lab and collapsed. I carried the bones back here to keep them safe.
*It...spared you...! Then the human must have done it! So, what happens now? How do we wake it back up?
*Well, once the human gets here will all the dreams they've collected throughout their runs. The human will step in this pod with the monster and then use all the dreams in their inventory. When that happens, theoretically Frisk's Soul and Determination should merge with the Boss Monster. With the determination it'll be able to do the 2,398 resets required to stop the genocide Frisks.
*Thats wonderful Sans! This could not be going more perfectly!
*Exactly. That's the problem.
Toriel delight faded as she looked to the skeleton who had now turned away from Toriel.
*What do you mean?
*I ran the numbers. There's only a 38% chance this will work. Too many other factors that get in that way of that percentage.
*Factors...?
*For starters, we have no idea how Chara will react when we do this-or if they aren't ALREADY doing something about it right now. That kid isn't going to want to lose all their save data to us, especially with how low they think of monsters. And there is the fact that Chara still technically owns Frisk's soul in every run. Its possible that we could make a boss monster with Chara at the helm, instead of Frisk. And...
Sans's expression was hollow as he looked to the ground.
*Do you...really...truly believe in the kid...after all this? I mean, I never knew the kid outside of the underground. No idea what kind of person they are or what they've done. For all I know Frisk and Chara are one in the same, Frisk is just a better actor. What if Frisk has a change of heart once they get the untold power from having one of the most powerful human souls in the underground AND the strongest boss monster?
Toriel opened up to speak each time Sans made a point but Sans did not let Toriel speak until he was finished, and each time he did, her expression changed, faltered into silent disdain. Sans felt that disdain and looked back to her.
*You know its true! Don't you feel it sometimes when you look at the human? That feeling crawling down your spine of something not being right?
*...Just what is wrong with you Sans...?
*!?
In that moment, Toriel roared in fury, as she shouted at Sans the inner queen in her was finally unleashed! Most monsters forgot about this side of Toriel, passionate yet violent, which only made it all the more effective. Sans, torn between respecting his ruler and new friend or simply taking on the work himself, lost composure and looked visibly shaken by Toriel's new demeanor.
*You won't trust me, you won't trust the human, I'd be hard pressed t believe you trust your own brother! What is it inside you that keeps you from trusting other people!? And don't you dare bring up the resets as some kind of excuse! Somewhere in you there is a natural instinct to keep everyone around you at arms reach! Humans may be misguided but none of them are inherently evil! They need people like us to show them light in this world! If we had just shown any of the humans Asgore killed in cold blood any of the kindness the human has given us I imagine we would have gotten out of the underground a long time ago! My only hope in going through with this plan of yours is that by undoing all the damage that has been done, we can start over and show kindness to the humans that fall down here. Restore relations with them so that we can live in peace! But it can't work unless BOTH parties agree! EVERY. SINGLE. MONSTER. Needs to band together!
Panting, she finished her speech and saw that it had effectively worked on Sans to the point that the always-smiling skeleton was no longer smiling. Toriel's expression softened as she leaned down to touch Sans's shoulder.
*Sans I-
*So you want to know why I don't trust people?
*Because trusting people...Got me killed.
*Not just killed. Tortured. Forced to live in this pit until every scrap of flesh fell from my skin.
*Because I fell down here...trying to protect you.
It was at that moment that the human walked through the door. Their body was transparent.