Hear me out: Techno hearing rumors about this fighter who is unstoppable and terrifying, that can defeat anything in his way, and when he finally gets to meet the guy he's... a little underwhelmed.
I mean Dream is a skilled enough fighter, he's nice to spar against and he's fun to hang out with, but Techno still wins most of those spars, and even when he loses he never feels like Dream is a force of nature like the rumors made him out to be.
Until he sees Dream fighting for real against someone that wants to kill them and he sees Dream going for the throat, desperate like an animal while he maims people, using enemies' bodies as meat shields and pushing them into each other's weapons, biting and tearing without shame when he gets a chance. When he sees Dream covered in blood with a wild look in his eyes, when he sees Dream almost charge at him for a moment before he recognizes who Techno is
