-UnderSwap #0 Ruins-

Chara watched as Fresh 404 stopped just inside their room then moved to kneel by the bed and held out a hand as if greeting someone.

"Frisk thank goodness you are awake. You gave us quite the scare." Fresh 404 tilts his head smiling gently. "Won't you smile for us dear?"

Chara squinted trying to see, he knew Frisk was there he could hear her after he got a few LV. Temmie pressed against his ankle watching as well.

"Oh that is a nasty glitch we are here to do maintenance on the AU. Would you let me start with you? I can leave it if you want but it looks like it hurts." They shake their head and laugh. "You're right we forgot to introduce ourselves, we are Fresh 404."

"Is there anything we can do to help?" Chara picks up Temmie and moves to stand by Fresh 404.

They turn that sweet smile on Chara and Temmie. "I believe your hero here would love to have tea with your dad. Maybe you could find a ghost sandwich or something so they don't feel left out?"

He nodded going wide eyed. "We can do that!" Chara runs out blushing. "Oh my Fox when did skeletons get cute, Temmie?"

"They didn't, it is called charisma. Temmie doesn't like it but they make me want to smile for real especially when they are just as nice to Frisk as you." Temmie looks up at Chara.

Fresh 404 facepalmed blushing and only peeks out from behind his hands when they are out of ear shot. "Well that was embarrassing. There are some limits to how much we can do beyond repairs without risking unbalancing the AU but we can make you visible and audible to anyone that knows about resets as well as fix the glitches."

"Okay..." Frisk frowns, "I know who Fresh is but who is 404?" She watched as they opened a code panel.

"So you picked up on us being a fusion huh? Well 404 was created by Inky in Error's image with some of Nightmare thrown in. He claims he was trying to figure Error out so he could get him to stop destroying. We don't believe him, he tested out attacks on 404 until he decided he was dangerous and tried to kill him off. 404 escaped with his little sister. Error and Nightmare found them and put them in stasis while they healed. His little sister is still in stasis. I guess she is our sister now. Council pulled him out as Error's replacement and gave him to me as a host to boost his power. Bru doesn't like to talk about anything before his mum and dad. We are not what they expected." Code flowed past in the panel while they worked.

She snorts softly. "I bet they are used to duncle Error who let's them get away with everything."

"There probably wouldn't be a Multiverse if mom hadn't had grace as a SOUL trait. They are going to have to learn to deal with consequences we are nowhere near as forgiving." There was a peaceful silence as they continued to work.

Having come to tell them the tea was ready Razz stilled just outside the door hearing Fresh explaining who they were. When he was answered by a soft young voice Razz wanted to cry. The reminder that they had killed the most forgiving SOUL type was punch to his nonexistent gut. He had to compose himself before he could knock.

"There we go, glitches all fixed. You are now visible and audible to those who know about resets so you won't be so isolated." They grin closing the code screen. "Be prepared for an Inky tantrum."

Knocking on the door Razz steps into the room. "Tea is ready." He glances at Swaps getting a better look at her than he had in the support system. The kid had long cinnamon curly hair all tangled, hazel eyes, pale skin that showed every scrape and bruise, bandages from wrists to elbows. Overall attractive for a human kid. He briefly wondered if the Frisk of his AU looked like her. "Hi kid good to see you awake."

She frowns at him. "Do I know you? You can see me and you look like duncle Cobalt but not." She leans forward tilting her head.

"Fresh 404 would you introduce me? To the charming young lady." Razz grins relaxing his stance.

They snort at his attempt at looking harmless. "Frisk this is SwapFell #0 Sans, outside his AU he is called Razz. He doesn't have Cobalt's training and isn't as sneaky yet."

Razz sighs pressing a hand to his chest. "I would declare it all lies, but in this case it is all too true I never got to train with Nightmare's gang and no one can teach you magic as well as someone who uses the same kind."

Standing Fresh 404 offers Frisk a hand up. "We are afraid we and Inky are the only ones who can touch you outside of the support system just like before."

She smiled, taking his hand and letting him help her up. "Thank you it is amazing just to be able to talk to someone outside the support system. It is a greater gift than I ever thought to dream of."

He gently squeezed her hand and let it go. "Well little cousin let's go have some tea and reassure your dad. He seemed very worried when we got here."

Razz went completely still watching, sure they had called Dream, and Geno uncle, which was understandable. Well mostly for Dream, Geno still confused him. "Cousin? I didn't know you were related to any humans?"

"Of course Razz. Mom was duncle to all the first fallen. That would make them our cousins. Well as much as we are truly related to anyone." Escorting Frisk out of the room he smiled at her. "We know that we don't really have anyone in this Multiverse. We just choose to piece together what we can just as mum and dad did. It doesn't have to be an empty life if we are willing to fight for something better."

Frisk hugs them, smiling brightly. "I guess we aren't as alone as I thought after duncle Error and duncle Nightmare fell and duncle Cobalt had to leave without us."

They picked her up for a tight hug. "We know, we wanted to go too, but they carried the balance too long, they deserve a fresh start."

Following them Razz winces wondering if he was ever going to be able to hang out with Fresh 404 without wanting to cry because of his own stupid mistakes.

They walked into the combination dining living room like that Fresh 404 carrying a grinning Frisk with Razz trailing after looking thoughtful and sad.

"Frisk! Asgore nerely dropped his teacup. Oh thank Fox are you alright?" He set down his teacup rushing over only to stop when Fresh 404 held up a hand, balancing Frisk on one forearm.

"We are sorry Asgore she is still intangible to those who can't touch the codes. I was only able to fix her glitches, and make her invisible and audible to those who remember the resets." They gently set her down.

"Don't apologize for what you can't do, young man. Especially when what you have done is a miracle." He smiles at both of them.

Inky glares from where he is set on the couch still in his cocoon. "I thought we were fixing things, not messing them up!"

"We are but we needed to make sure our little cousin was alright first. Just because you do not feel the need of family or to care for others outside of your duties does not mean the rest of us are emotionally stunted." They gave Inky a cold look that actually made him flinch.

Walking over Razz sets next to Inky and puts an arm around him. "Cool it kiddos we know what we did and you have a right to your anger but that doesn't mean you should take swipes at him for things he can't control young children rarely understand their own emotions or have great empathy. He will grow out of it eventually. Heck you of all of us will probably live to see it."

They actually flinched and looked away. "I am sure mom believed that once too." The silence that settled over the room lasted until Chara and Temmie ran in with a paper bag. Fresh 404 took a deep breath and smiled at them. "Thank you, that was very fast."

Frisk grins, "Chara, Temmie!" She rushes over and actually bounces on her toes and claps with excitement.

Fresh 404 smiled at the other kids as they chattered, walking over he picked up Inky, before bowing to Asgore. "Please excuse us for a bit, majesty. Inky is right that it is time to get to work. Razz would of course be delighted to take this opportunity to learn more about your AU and family."

"Of course my child, I understand that duty must come first. But please make time for tea when you can. I would like the opportunity to get to know you." Asgore nods to them.

"Of course majesty we will start at the beginning of the ruins and work our way back here. Where we can accept that gracious offer." They smiled at Asgore forming his plans to accommodate the king in his self exile.

Razz didn't have to be told he had just been ordered out of the way while they worked. He didn't mind much, it wasn't often he was ordered to take a break and socialize. He was worried about leaving Inky and Fresh 404 alone though. "Okay kiddos I will see you soon try to get along."

Inky rolls his ever changing eyelights at Razz but sighs. "We will be fine, they may be a brat but they are Error's brat."

They all looked at Inky, their expressions a mix of horror and disgusted. Finally Asgore said what they are thinking. "The fact you trust them that much just because of Error, makes what happened so much more horrible."

Fresh 404 slung Inky over their shoulder growling as they stalked out. "You should remember my parents aren't the ones who created me Inky and start wondering if you trust someone you created that much."

The sudden string of frightened curses from Inky and Fresh 404's dark chuckle proved that he was indeed his father's son in at least some ways.

Razz rubs his sockets, "Fox I don't know what is worse, that the reminder that Inky made him is terrifying or that I trust someone that hates everyone on the council with their whole SOUL to control the situation and keep things peaceful more than Inky. How did we follow him so blindly for so long?"

Asgore rests a paw on his shoulder, "You followed because it was not Error's fate to be known for who he was. It was only once he changed his fate that the truth could be seen. Much as Dream was blind to the truth about his brother." He nods at the children huddled together and talking. "Do not worry too much about that grudge, their actions show them to be not only kind, but compassionate. They may not be as forgiving as Error was. There will be no grace, but if the council truly learns from this and does right by them they will earn forgiveness."

Razz looks up at him startled, "How are you so sure. I want it to be that simple but I am Sans enough to know we don't forgive those that hurt our families that easy."

Asgore chuckles, "Because he wants to. As he said Inky created him, the first fallen are his cousins. He is seeking connections. It is inevitable that some of those will be on the council. Can you imagine not forgiving your brother after he had proven that he learned from a mistake?"

-The beginning of the ruins-

"Okay Inky we know you hate it when we change the codes, but you know Cobalt has been gone too long the deeper codes are already glitching." They set him down on the bed of slightly faded yellow flowers. "So here is the deal, you do the surface repairs and I will handle the deeper layers. We can talk about changes before they happen."

Inky looks away, "I can do it myself, I don't need you. All you can do is mess things up you already did with Frisk."

"You want to bet?" They open a portal, to Snowdin reaching through and pulls out Inky's ridiculously oversized paint brush, closing the portal they drops the brush by Inky letting the strings burst into rainbow glitter. "Then do it repair everything from here to the first trap. If we can't find a glitch after we won't edit the AU at all. Only Cerulean. If we find a glitch you have to work with us."

Inky huff getting up. "Fine it's a bet." Snatching up his brush he gets to work while Fresh 404 sets against a wall and waits.

"Now Fresh listen to the codes and note when things change." They ignore Inky's irritated look closing their sockets to concentrate on what they are hearing.

Inky worked fast but neatly easily correcting faded colors and a bit of fuzziness here and there, adjusting the sound quality. By the time he got to the first of the traps he was feeling pretty smug.

Fresh 404 plucked Inky up and carried him under one arm back to the first room. They simply opened a code panel to the fifth layer and pointed out three glitches, one in the shape of the flowers leaves, one in the crystalline structure of the rocks, and the last slowly toxifying the soil. "A bet is a bet Inky."

"Fine you noxious little bastard. You may learn from me how to fix AU." Inky stalks over to examine the flowers.

Fresh 404 snorted and patted Inky on the head. "We may be toxic for the existing council if they haven't learned but my parents are married, whether they are here, in the VOID, or another Multiverse." They easily fix the glitches and close the code panel ready to move to the next area.

Grumbling Inky walked, sending them angry glances as they checked for glitches. Once they reached the first trap Inky started to take care of the surface repairs grudgingly admitting if only to himself that the kid was okay at the work and they were making good time. "Why did you change Frisk's codes?"

"We can afford compassion and mercy here, Inky she can't affect anything physically, everyone who knows about the resets also know Chara and Frisk, have a balance to keep. It will help to keep them healthy and sane long-term without changing the AU." They glanced down at Inky. "We have no need to make them suffer."

"Maintaining the integrity of the AU is not making them suffer." Inky gave them a stubborn glare.

"Inky humans and monsters suffer if isolated. You should know that better than most you hate being alone. Cutting them off from all contact when they can see and hear what is going on is cruel, and in no way maintains the AU any more than what I did." They look Inky in his ever changing eyelights. "You need to learn empathy or your creativity will become stale. It has probably already started, there have been very few new original AU for a long time."

Inky actually flinched and looked away. "I don't know what you are talking about until the council started interfering there were plenty of new AU."

"They were not originals. You need to take a break regularly, maintain what you have already created, rest and gather new ideas. I can't help but notice you let the council keep you under wraps without a fight. You know you need this rest." They finished with the last glitch in the courtyard in front of Asgore's house.

"Whatever you don't understand!" When he would have just gone in Fresh 404 put a hand on his shoulder stopping Inky, and knocked before letting him go.

Chara opened the door with a big smile. "That was fast you two must make a great team!" He waved them in. "You will stay for tea right. Dad doesn't get enough company especially after the auto reset glitch that cuts of our surface time at two days."

"What why wasn't that reported, all Swap AU are supposed to get twenty years on the surface before an auto rest." Inky looked frustrated that no one had told him.

"Who was supposed to report it and whom to? Stretch just assumes Frisk did it. Cobalt knew but no one listened to him. No one else ever really has a way to report anything." Chara wraps an arm around Inky's shoulder and firmly guides him into the living room.

Fresh 404 follows, smiling slightly his eyelight scanning the room for trouble quickly enough that if Razz wasn't watching them he would have missed it. "That is a good point Chara, maybe Inky can come up with something creative to solve that problem."

Asgore greeted them with a smile. "That was quick but your timing is perfect, the tea is just the right temperature!" Asgore pours the tea as they get seated and Razz pushes a plate of cookies and fruit towards them.

"Thank you for the tea, Asgore it is generous of you." Fresh 404 take a few berries and drop them into their tea.

Taking four cookies Inky watched how Fresh 404 talked with the others frustrated that he seemed to be accepted easily when Inky himself had never quite fit or felt welcome even among the gods in ReaperTale.

"It is nothing I am just glad to actually get to meet you. I am afraid Error avoided us as much as he could so no keeper of the ruins got the chance to know him well at least not once he was Error." Asgore looked down into his tea as if it had an answer to some mystery he couldn't solve.

"Mom was aware that the ruin keepers knew about the resets. He was careful not to draw attention to you to avoid trouble." They caught Inky's wrist when he reached for another cookie. "Inky you will ruin your appetite and Cerulean is making lunch."

"You are not the boss of me, I eat what I want to eat." He tries again only to be blocked by Razz this time.

"It is not about who is boss Inky. You like it when someone appreciates a drawing you put effort into, it makes you feel good, right. Cerulean is putting effort into making something nice to share with us so it is respectful not to spoil our appetite so we can properly appreciate his efforts." Fresh 404 mash a few berries in the bottom of a teacup with a spoon and add tea. "Try this it cuts the sweet craving without filling you up."

Asgore watches impressed with how they explained in terms the cranky artist could understand and provided a compromise. "You would make a good diplomat. If I may ask who is Cerulean?"

Fresh 404 take a sip of their own tea. "Thank you for the compliment but politics is too political for us. Cerulean is the nickname of the Swap Sans we are going to be coding into Cobalt's role. We pulled him out of a copy that needs to be removed. We also promised to take his brother Glitter onto my team if he can get the AU ready for that and stay sane."

Inky grumbled but settled for the tea watching them talk. While occasionally glancing at Frisk sort of floating in a chair and talking to Temmie and Chara about books.

Razz watches Frisk and Chara. "You sound like you love to read, do you go with your dad to his book club?"

Frisk glances at him and shakes her head blushing. "I don't read as fast as he does, and cannot turn pages for myself. Duncle Cobalt got duncle Nightmare to set up a book club in the support system for those of us who like to read because we can touch things there. We need to find a new president. We are almost out of books on the reading list."

Asgore nods frowning slightly. "Same here even with all the pre-planning Nightmare did, it can only carry our book club so far."

"We are planning to dump all dad's jobs on uncle Dream then redistribute them to those qualified for them. Probably not the nicest way to let him get a look at dad's life but we don't think having a lot of time to think about the past all at once is really doing him any good. How much time do you have before you need a new reading list?" They glanced between Asgore and Frisk taking another slow sip of tea.

"That is hard to say with some AU running faster than others and the different genre there is the master list and all the sublists for different categories. If we traded those around we could keep going another five months maybe but it has been a few years for the ones in the faster AU." Asgore shakes his head. "We really don't know how he made it work."

Frisk shrugs, "it was easier with the support system. The timing of the AU doesn't matter because we can only read the books there. We have about a month's worth left with most of the original first fallen still boycotting their AU. Though the copies whose Sans or Papyrus were not involved have gotten back to work."

Temmie growled, "It isn't like they deserve your help Frisk it was time they faced their consequences."

Fresh 404 scoops up Temmie tucking it against their chest. "True but they are judges now that they know they will have to live with it. Let us not place that burden on the shoulders of our balance makers who already carry so much."

Temmie huffs but relaxes against them. "Fine but I still want to bite Stretch."

That got a chuckle from Fresh 404. "Are you sure about that? He probably tastes like those things he is always smoking, smell."

Temmie shudders and makes a gagging sound. "Oh Fox I hadn't thought of that. No way am I willing to taste that!" Everyone laughs as the tension eases.

"Can you make it so those things explode every time he lights up?" Chara gives them a grin of pure mischief.

"Sorry we wish we could but we can't make permanent changes in the codes just for fun. Having the ability to make change comes with the responsibility not to do so frivolously. We admit to a prank or two but not permanent in a functioning AU. And while we might add that to my home it is not a functional AU just stable fragments mom patched together for dad we are going to have to do a lot of work and repairs if we ever have time and magic to spare for it." Fresh 404 finishes their tea and sets the teacup upside-down on the saucer.

Razz copies them thinking hard, "Inky can you detect the stuff Fresh 404 needs to work on when you are repairing AU?"

"Well kind of if it is big enough then it is like an itch I can't scratch but the small stuff I just can't sense." Inky looks away but finishes his tea and copies the others.

"Thank you for the tea and your time and company but we are afraid we had best get going. We are expected in Snowdin for a late lunch and we still have repairs to make on the way there." Fresh 404 stands and bows to Asgore. "We hope when we next have tea it will be on the surface but that may be a while as the balance is going to eat up a lot of our time before then we are afraid."

Asgore stands and hugs them. "I will look forward to it my friend. Try to balance your own life as well. Overworking yourself or letting others do so does no one any good."

"Believe us we will not let them do that to us." Fresh 404 smiled returning the hug one armed while still holding Temmie. Then stepping back and turning the Chara and Frisk he passed Temmie to Chara. "Please come to Snowdin in a few hours and we can travel to New Home together. We will need your help later to reboot the AU."

"Reboot but they don't have that ability." Inky glares fiercely gripping his brush tightly. "You had better not have given them that ability or so help me I will kick your."

Razz quickly covered Inky's mouth with a gloved hand. "Inky there are children present."

Fresh 404 watched Inky calmly. "We did not have to. We will open the reboot screen and they will initiate just as they would reset."

Inky grumbled but calms down enough to let Fresh 404 pick him up. "Remember no more changing the AU's without talking to me."

"The deal only applies to this AU unless we make a contract. We can talk terms then." They watch Razz make his farewells. Feeling Inky go limp in their arms they looked down to see him sleeply him snuggled into them yawning. Smiling, they hum softly, rocking on their heels. "Rest your eyelights Inky, we will let you know when there is something to fix." They use their strings to take the paint brush and pass it to Razz.

Razz blinked, taking the brush passed to him with rainbow strings looking up he saw Inky sleepily snuggled into Fresh 404's arms and sighed. "How he just wanted to fight you and now he is... just how?"

"Razz don't question it too much he is tired doesn't Slim get grumpy when he has trouble sleeping?" They gave a gentle smile when they glanced down at Inky while heading out of the ruins.

"I thought you hated him but you treat him like a younger brother that you enjoy taking care of." Razz watched them flush and look away.

"There are parts of us that hate him, and parts of us that come alive when we are around him that need to nurture and protect. We think it is because skeleton monsters need others to be healthy that is why they come in pairs. It is why lone skeletons break mentally much faster under pressure. Our sibling sleeps and she may never choose to wake. Inky has no one. Of course he would trigger those instincts." They glance at Razz and away, clearly uncomfortable with their own thoughts on the matter.

"Huh I guess he is kind of related to you, but not really a parent kind of like an uncle who is somehow younger than you." Razz opens the door out of the ruins for them only to find Stretch waiting.

Stretch nods to them and quickly puts out his smoke. "Dream said to come walk you back. I think he wants to talk to Cerulean. He does that a lot lately, talking to people alone making sure he doesn't miss anything of importance."

"He will have to learn to trust his own judgment and gage his own reactions. Something that we all learned growing up. The Dreamtale codes stunted his development in some ways probably to make him a better companion for Inky. We are glad that he is working on learning those skills." Fresh 404 started walking slowly, stopping now and then to open a code panel, to check something or repair a bit of code. When they get to the ice path. "Inky time to work." They gently shake him waking him.

Inky whines and holds tighter. "Sleepy don't wanna work."

Stretch chuckles, "oh Fox he is so cute when he is like this." He grins at them reaching for his pack of smokes then putting them back without getting one out.

"Come on Inky it won't take long." Fresh 404 pat his back gently waking the sleepy creator.

Yawning Inky let go allowing Fresh 404 to put him down while he rubbed his sockets. "Fine but you are not getting away, till I finish sleeping."

Razz passes Inky his brush smiling slightly at Inky acting like a sleepy kitten. "Don't worry you both can have a rest after lunch remember."

Fresh 404 stands back with Stretch watching Inky do his magic. "How are you holding up? Having a Swap Sans step into Cobalt's role can't be easy."

"Yes and no turning around expecting to see him and seeing someone else, I was already experiencing that with Dream. I have to admit turning around from talking to Dream and seeing him was quite the jolt. In a way having him there feels right even if he isn't my bro it was like something that was missing is back. I am not sure I like that my Sans can't be replaced, but at the same time. It feels like someone, bandaged a wound. You haven't even changed his AU link yet and having him here helps that much. At the same time anyone just stepping into take over his life where he left off feels so wrong." Stretch looks down at his hands like he doesn't know where else to look. "He is gone for real. I lost my brother because I was too stubborn to just listen to him and believe in him. I have to learn to live with knowing he is gone because of me."

They put an arm around Stretch. "Deep breath uncle Stretch. You are going to have to learn to forgive yourself as much as uncle Cobalt will have to learn to forgive wherever he is. We suggest Therapist Papyrus from MedicalTale # 46. Dad had him on retainer. So do we for that matter." They start forward following Inky. "We don't imagine we will find helpers willing to help get AU ready for removal who are in great shape mentally and emotionally or that we won't face repercussions."

Razz who was walking with them flinched. "You really have been thinking about what this all means more than we have."

"I have known for a long time that when I woke I would have to take up the job of repairing AU. I did not know I would become a we, but it was certain I would see many broken AU and monsters. We had to adjust and expand plans long formed but we already had a framework." Taking a deep breath they watched the drifting snow flakes. "I welcomed Fresh because we need each other, we could not face this alone."

"You are not alone, want us or not, you have the council." Stretch frowns glancing between them and Inky as they walked seeing Snowdin in the distance.

"True enough we have made sure of it as much as possible, but none of you can really stay with us always and help more than just be there. You will never feel the codes you are meant to heal in your hands and have to kill them. You can't hear them as clearly as any monster." Without warning they strode forward and scooped up Inky holding him tight.

"Hey what are you..." Inky looked up at them and for once knew what to do. "Oh... do you need a break before I finish this?" He kind of awkwardly patted them on the back. "You think too much."

Razz sighs then glances at Stretch who was looking slightly stunned whether it was the completely unpredictable relationship between Fresh 404 and Inky or the clear statement that destruction was counter to their nature and purpose. "I don't think we should let Edge or Sci spend too much time with them for a while. I get the feeling that even playing nice with us the kiddos aren't going to pull their emotional punches. I am not sure they can afford to if they are going to work with us."

"I hate this, I hate that we have to put them through this. We basically made them an orphan, we should be taking care of them and protecting them, it is the least we owe them. Instead we have put them in a position where.... I can't even put into words how many kinds of wrong making them the destroyer is." Stretch watched Fresh 404 with Inky.

"I know, I just don't know if we can do anything to make it better. I have an idea or two but it would still be what Cobalt called a broken grace." Razz looks away unsure if any of them could handle it if Fresh 404 broke under the burden they had so thoughtlessly dumped on them in their rush to save the Multiverse. "We were so happy to have someone, hand us a devil's bargain we forgot to ask the price."

Fresh 404 finally let Inky go and he finished the repair before tossing his brush to Stretch. "Done now let's go I'm hungry." Inky held up his arms imperiously just expecting to be picked up.

Chuckling Fresh 404 picked him up and started walking. "You're getting spoiled being carried everywhere."

"If I can't go where I like and do what I like then others can do all the walking." Inky pouts but holds tight to their coat so he can't be dropped.

Stretch catches the oversized paintbrush, watching the two walk off before looking down at Razz. "They are going to put us through the ringer but I am not sure that we won't be better skeletons for it. He reminds me of my bro and he was only hard on me when I was messing up."

Razz shrugs and starts to jog to catch up to them not wanting to admit he shared Stretch's hope.

"Inky after lunch and a rest let's get nice cream on the way to New Home we think we all could use some nice and strangely specific advice." Fresh 404 yawns and holds Inky closer as he relaxes his grip a little.

"You won't leave like Error did, will you 404?" Inky rests his head on their shoulder.

Razz's sockets widen hearing Inky. Was that really how Inky saw what happened? "Inky you do know that Error didn't just leave right that he jumped into the VOID because of what we did. Right?"

"Razz don't. He knows that doesn't stop him from feeling abandoned. Even an enemy who is always there can be a very dear companion when they are all you have." They rest their cheekbone on Inky's temple for a moment. "We will stay as long as we can Inky but we are only simi-immortal."

"Not so different then the rest of us with the resets. So long as our AU is where we die and it is still around we can be reset." Stretch reaches for his smokes then let's his hand drop with a frustrated sigh glancing at Inky.

"You lot, don't understand." Inky glared at Razz and Stretch. "You will never understand."

"Shhh Inky it is okay they don't have to understand because we do. They left us behind too." They stopped by the Snowdin sign. "We will fix AU together when we are not fighting over them. We won't be alone." Fresh 404 didn't start walking again until Inky relaxed.