#deterredmination

[[ @deterredmination @tallbones ]]

[✱ A tranquil light filtered through the windows of the throne room, bathing the room in muted blues and greens. A faint breeze stirred the flowers carpeting the floor, petals rustling against themselves in quiet chorus. Everything was still, and yet.. The smell of fresh air- grass and rain and warm earth, filtering down into the mountain from above- it all signified a monumental change. The smells of the surface had been present before, of course, sifting their way through the barrier, but not like this. ... Not like this. 

Through the corridor, across what was the barrier, Asgore stood at the very mouth of the cave and took a deep breath. And another- ... and felt the dust clearing from his lungs. Overhead, the moon loomed, fat and full. 

Night on the surface. ]

* ...  * What an odd feeling.  * (Is this hope? I had almost forgotten... What it felt like.) 

[ [ * well i mean ] ]

[ [ * they’re not wrong ] ]

[✱ Memories flicker, briefly, of another Sans. Thankfully, nothing obscene or scarring. There’s also an even briefer glimpse of a human that was often alongside said double.

[ [ * yes kid calm down holy shit ] ]

* kid there are ninety-nine reasons why we can’t go see grillby.

* you are all of them.

* besides, he probably already knows.