#defcnged

" OH? WHAT WILL YOU DO, CHILD?

    BUT DIE.

SANS,

I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU AND PATTY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I FIGURE YOU PROBABLY WON'T TELL ME THE TRUTH, BUT I AM WORRIED. I MEAN, THE CONNECTION ISSUES MIGHT JUST BE CONNECTION ISSUES AND I COULD BE OVERREACTING BUT… SOMETHING TELLS ME THEY'RE NOT.

IF YOU NEED HELP WITH SOMETHING, YOU CAN STILL COME TO ME. DESPITE EVERYTHING YOU'RE STILL MY BROTHER.

PAPYRUS

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RUS--

I'LL BE GETTING READY TO RE-OPEN THE CAFÉ SOON. A SPRING RELAUNCH SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.

BEFORE I DO THOUGH, THERE'S SOMETHING I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT - ASKING A FAVOUR IN A WAY I GUESS. I'D PREFER TO TALK IN PERSON ABOUT IT, BUT ONLY WHEN YOU'RE READY.

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I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE TAKING SOME KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU. LIKE I SHOULD BE AN OLDER BROTHER.

YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T WANT THAT, BUT I FEEL SOME KIND OF OBLIGATION ANYWAY. TECHNICALLY I AM ALREADY, BUT I KNOW FOUND FAMILY DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK LIKE THAT.

BUT I'M MAKING A CONSCIOUS DECISION NOT TO TURN YOU AWAY ANYMORE.

MAYBE IT'LL TURN OUT TO BE A MISTAKE. BUT NOT EVERY TIME I'VE TRIED TO SHOW KINDNESS TO AN ASSHOLE HAS TURNED OUT WRONG.

I MEAN. THINGS WITH DAD TURNED OUT OKAY. I WOULDN'T BE HERE STILL IF THEY HADN'T.