But no matter how hard she got hit, it didn't seem to have any effect.
His attacks came up against something hard, like a shield, stopping her from getting damaged. Even blue gravity attacks were stopped.
He paused for a second, exhausted. She had been pummeled by the force of the attacks into sitting on the floor, but was still undamaged.
She said, "Now I'm going to use your own special attack. Nothing. You can decide to stop fighting and spare me whenever you want. I won't dunk on you if you do," she said, promptly curling up in a ball on the floor and pretending to sleep.
* ROSE IS SPARING YOU
Finally, his sense of humor returned. "heh. good one, kid..."
She peeked at him through one eye.
Sans shrugged. "maybe somebody who can make a joke like that, isn't all bad. I don't know."
She wondered if it was over.
"But...I'm not going to trust you that easily. I can see you have an ability that lets you stop my attacks, but how long can you keep up that shield you have? So from now on, it just won't be your turn anymore. You might as well quit now."
"Sans..." she said. "I seriously care about you a lot, even if you don't understand why. Even if you end up hurting me, I would never wound you."
"Zzzzzz..." He was already asleep, or pretending to be.
She sighed, saying to herself under her breath, "Welp, gonna be a long wait. I wonder if I'm allowed to take bathroom breaks?"
She fell asleep herself for a few hours. On waking up, it looked closer to late afternoon. He still looked asleep.
Out of curiosity, she stood up and walked toward him. She stopped about ten feet away and looked him over closely.
"Am I being tested?" she wondered. "If I get any closer, he might think I meant harm."
She sighed again. "Aw, fuck it." She turned and went back to her previous spot on the floor, sitting down again.
Taking out a laptop from a pack she carried with her, she entertained herself with games as best she could.
At one point, she thought maybe he opened one eye just a little bit, but when she looked again, she couldn't be sure.
It turned to night, and she finally got tired enough to fall into a deep sleep. She curled up like a squirrel with her cape wrapped around her, using her pack as a pillow.
She woke to getting blasted from all sides, followed by a massive bone attack.
It bounced her all over the room, but she was still not damaged.
When he finally stopped, she was really dizzy, and it took awhile to reorient herself. He looked rather inscrutable, more frightening now that it was dark and only starlight lit the floor. Starlight, and blue fire.