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[skelebro]

i'm over the moon about it.

nothing much, just trying to win a bet.
it's a planet, right?

[somuchlove]

Sadly I will have to bring you back down to earth Sans.

It is not.

Hopefully you didn't bet anything important.

[Whoops!]

[skelebro]

[LIES. LIES AND SLANDER. He cannot go out like this.]

that's "star"-tling.

sure you're not just yanking my leg?
all my source material back home said as much.

[somuchlove]

[Sorry for breaking your non-existent heart.]

If it is from the dump they are likely out of date.

Pluto was re-classed as something else awhile ago.

Had a little bit of a "rocky" relationship with a few things.

[skelebro]

you're kid-ding.

[So Pluto really is all alone in the universe? The horrors!]

what is it now?

[somuchlove]

I'll throw you a bone.

It was re-classed as a dwarf planet. If I recall correctly there was another dwarf planet that was thought to be the 10th planet, but some discussions happened and thus Pluto was changed.

It still exists as it is, however.

[No hole blown through it or anything.]

[skelebro]

poor, poor pluto.
all alone in the universe.

i comet believe this.

[somuchlove]

It has Hydra, Charon, Styx, Nix and Kerberos.

I believe we do not have to worry about it being bone-ly.

[Yes they're aware that was two bone puns in a row. But neither of them are up on stage.]

[skelebro]

alright, alright.
frisk wins.
pluto just ain't a planet anymore.
the times have changed.

you know a lot about space, huh?

[somuchlove]

You are debating planets with Frisk?

I read when I had spare time. There are a lot of interesting books about space.

[And when they were little and those big words didn't make sense?

Well...the pictures were pretty.]

[skelebro]

we were looking at the stars.

[The stars that weren't really there to begin with but...eh. They lived with the lie for a while. They were both of 'em plenty good at that sorta thing.]

didn't know you had an interest.
it's pretty cool, how much stuff is out there.

[somuchlove]

[Chara too knew it was an illusion but...why spoil the fun? Unless sharks turned up in the water to kill them all, it was nice to relax for a bit.]

Or how far it goes.

It is unexplored to the point I believe humans will never find the end of it.

Just black space with those planets floating in nothing.

[It kind of makes you feel small.]

Do you have a favorite planet?

[skelebro]

i like stars, mostly.
planets are pretty cool but i dunno, something about stars just really "lights" up my life.

[It's not a conversation with Sans without a couple dozen shitty jokes. C'mon, keep up.]

something comforting about it, y'know?
you can screw things up until the cows come home, but there'll still be a whole vast, unexplored universe no matter what.



but maybe that's just me.

[somuchlove]

[If there's ever a day that Chara has a conversation with Sans that has no awful jokes at all is the day they'll eat their own sweater.

Still. That is not a bad way of looking at it.]

There's always more fish in the sea?

Humans have been attempting to see if it is possible to colonize on different planets. Perhaps one day they may succeed.

[skelebro]

heh. won't that be a sight to see.

[And monsters will remain chained to the earth. But maybe that's their wont.]

maybe, yeah.
i dunno.
something about how the stars don't really care if you're not really the best person out there.
not sure i can call that "hope," but it's something.

[somuchlove]

[Chara will never see it either. But they made their bed - or grave - in that case.]

Like the fact that the sun rises every day.

Regardless of the weather.

It is something. Most find you can put hope into everything but that takes a certain type of conviction.

And poetry, as it were.

[They're getting a little flowery here, but Chara doesn't mind too much.]

[skelebro]

[The term is "nihilist," technically, but he doubts anybody's real interested in knowing it. Nothing really matters, so...why even try? The universe doesn't care.

'Course, the universe doesn't care if you're a colossal fuck-up either. 'S nice to think about sometimes, when everything else just gets so loud.]

don't really take much believing at all.
just understanding the world as it is.

whaddaya think? too sappy?

[somuchlove]

[When things get to loud and sharp and those moments when you want to stop, there is some strange peace in knowing that the world would continue to turn even without you. Even when you decide to take a little walk, it'll keep on turning.]

A bit.

But considering the subject, it makes sense. Most conversations about the stars and hope tend to be sappy.

[But calming, in that odd way.]

[skelebro]

unless you're arguing about the status of planets, that is.
someone should start up a petition.
let old pluto be a planet again.

[somuchlove]

[Ahaha. Well it was getting a little dark there, so Chara moves along with him.]

You do have to question the logic behind changing it.

But yes, we should.

G. O. O. P.

Good Old Orginal Pluto.

[....not exactly the best name. Guess they did take after Asgore a little bit after all.]

[skelebro]

i like it.
got a real nice ring to it.

i'll pitch it to the cave sometime.

[somuchlove]

Let me know when you do.

[Even if he doesn't, this is still kind of funny.]

Although I recommend going to the library before making another bet with my Partner. You may wind up on another dreaded date with them.

[skelebro]

thanks for the heads-up.
i wouldn't worry, though.
last i checked they were flirting up a storm with the gods.

[somuchlove]

[There's a pause in the text and Sans is free to imagine them slapping their forehead because seriously Frisk?!]

One of these days that option is going to get them in trouble.

I regret pointing it out.

[skelebro]

i wouldn't sweat it.
hope seems to like 'em.
and you know hope.
he doesn't like anybody.

[But Frisk is, as always, the exception.]