"c'mere kiddo. c'mon over here." "SANS, IS THAT A HUMAN?!" "yeah, it is. c'mon kid. you're gonna freeze out here." "BUT IT'S SO SMALL. SO VERY...VERY SMALL!" "i know, bro. that's the trouble." "I THOUGHT HUMANS WERE GOING TO BE BIGGER THAN THIS." Papyrus rubbed his jaw in thought before he furrowed what he could of his brow. "I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED BY THIS." Sans got down on his knees by the large bush, peering into the tightly woven plant, seeing the shivering little figure inside. This was...this was not at all what he had expected. Two eyes gazed back, frightened, pained. "i promise i won't hurt you. i just wanna help." Sans tried again, holding his arms out peaceably. "there's food and heat at the hou-" The words had hardly left him when the large plant moved, the little girl, as he now saw, wriggling free from the bush to shakily stumble towards them. Sans caught her easily as she basically disappeared into his hoodie, he felt his whole rib cage shake with how hard she was shivering. "AH! I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONE TO CATCH THE HUMAN!" Papyrus stomped his boot into the snow, agitated. "NOW HOW WILL I GET INTO THE ROYAL GUARD?!" "this human isn't going to the king." Sans said, lifting the girl easily as he stood back up. She was so small in his arms, her eyes squeezed shut as she clung to him. Papyrus made a surprised sound beside him. "WHY NOT? THAT'S THE RULE, ISN'T IT?" "the king can have the others. we're keeping this one, okay, bro?" Sans looked up at his younger brother, the other skeleton had moved his hands from his hips to go about rubbing his jaw again, peering down at the small child. "we're gonna take care of it." "HOW COME THIS HUMAN IS SO SMALL?" "it's just a kid. like the innkeepers kid." "OH." Papyrus' disposition suddenly changed and he looked rather concerned. "SANS, WE NEED TO GO HOME. THIS HUMAN CLEARLY NEEDS SOME SPAGHETTI AND A BEDTIME STORY." Sans chuckled. "you are so right." From my Gallery~ https://kumama.deviantart.com/art/Undertale-Unexpected-720008949