There are many mysteries surrounding the two skeleton brothers, including their origins. The following are context from the game that suggests Sans and Papyrus are from somewhere else.
At a glance, this statement doesnāt seem too odd. The brothers are from out of town and quickly made themselves at home after moving in.
In the neutral route, Sans mentions knowing the feeling of wanting to go home. However, suggests āitās better to take whatās given to you,ā implying he may not be able to go back.
SANS:
you canāt understand how this feels.
knowing that one day, without any warningā¦
itās all going to be reset.
look. i gave up trying to go back a long time ago.
and getting to the surface doesnāt really appeal anymore, either.
cause even if we doā¦
weāll just end up right back here, without any memory of it, right?
During his battle in the genocide route, Sans clarifies that he hasĀ given up on ātrying to go back.ā Itās likely that he is speaking about going back home. The underground is a confined space that has been settled by the monsters. One place that is unreachable is the surface, but Sans makes it clear that the surface isnāt what he is referring to.
During the Lost Souls battles, each friend reverts to the state they were in before befriending Frisk. Their desiresĀ and fears are laid bare. Once again, Sans mentions giving up and also statesĀ āyouāll never seeĀ āem again.ā While he is speaking to Frisk, he mentions again how he had given up. Itās possible that he speaks from experience.
In Sansā hidden lab, there is a photo of him with people Frisk does not recognize. These may be the people that Sans will never see again. While some have speculated that these are Gasterās followers, there is a very slim chance of running into a follower in Hotland. Seeing the follower, however, does not affect theĀ āpeople you donāt recognizeā dialogue.
Sans wants to go back home.
He has given up on going back.
Heās not interested in reaching the surface.
He will never see āthemā again.
Itās unknown where Sansā home is, but it must be somewhere he cannot physically reach. Considering Sans has shortcuts in the underground, itās hard to imagine there is a place he cannot reach, especially when itās limited in size. His home is not on the surface and not in the underground. Perhaps home is another timeline. Unfortunately, there is no evidence to cement this, although Sans is known to play tricks across time and space.
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