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Somewhere in the castle, there's a panicked voice calling out.

"S-someone help!"

There doesn't seem to be anything particularly wrong with Asriel at first, though it's alarming that he's currently sprawled out on the floor and laying on his stomach. But the bottom half of him?

It's definitely a very long, fish tail. The tail flops behind him, but Asriel doesn't look like he's making any progress going anywhere. Not while he's on land, anyway. 

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Asriel hadn't gotten far in his attempts at mobility, but he's curled on his side by the time Sans arrive. His panic has somewhat subsided once he sees a fish tail instead of a flower stem, but it doesn't really make the situation better.

The voice is familiar, but Asriel glances up warily at a human figure he's never seen before. Another friendly castle resident? At least he hopes. There were plenty of people here that Asriel has yet to meet.

This isn't how Asriel wants to meet anyone though.

"No, but... I'm stuck."

To demonstrate, his new tail flips back and forth, but Asriel isn't moving.

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"So I'm seeing. Can't say I've ever seen anyone half-goat, half-fish before."

Sans watches Asriel's tail swish back and forth. There's a joke in here somewhere, but he'll save it for when Asriel was a little more at ease.

"Well... do you feel any heavier? Because I got a lot more meat on these bones now. C'mon. Let's see if you can sit up."

He holds his hand out, offering to pull Asriel up from his sideways positition.

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"Well... I've never actually been a half-goat, half-fish before either."

Asriel sounds dejected. He still doesn't recognize the identity of the human currently helping him, at least not for now he doesn't.

"I feel a little heavier, I think?"

It's really hard to know for sure, when his legs are pretty much fused together now. Still, Asriel takes the offered hand and it's fairly easy to pull him up. There's a lot of balancing issues as Asriel goes sideways to upright and he grabs onto Sans to keep from falling right back over.

"Oof! S-sorry, it's hard to stay up."

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Regardless of Sans' more solid form now, Asriel really is heavier. Not by too much, thankfully. He's still a kid. But Sans can tell it's going to take a little more effort to get him up, even as Asriel loses is balance.

"Whoah, whoah, whoah."

The former skeleton kneels down properly now, taking Asriel's arm and side so the small monster can lean against him.

"Don't worry about it. I'm still gettin' used to my body too. Ready?"

One hand moves to Asriel's back, and the other - hesistantly - under his tail.

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Ohhh boy, Asriel wishes now more than ever that he had legs. He never thought he'd miss things like being able to stand up. He does his best to not squirm around so it'll make it a little easier on Sans.

"I'm - I'm ready!"

He braces himself to be lifted up - or accidentally dropped, whichever Sans can manage.

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"Alright. One, two..."

Three. Sans breath catches for a moment as he gets on his knees. Okay, he was half-right. Asriel actually wasn't that heavy. He's just not used to giving anything more than a piggyback ride, much less having the mass to be able to carry a kid without much effort.

"Oof. Okay. That's one part down. Now let's get ya to the fountain or somethin', yeah?"

He stands there.

For, like, five seconds.








Blink.

"Oh yeah. I forgot I can't use shortcuts anymore."

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"Y-yeah, I think that's where I should go..."

That or any place with water. But Sans just stands there holding him, not saying anything or moving. Asriel looks up questioningly, wondering if they should interrupt or not. When Sans mentions shortcuts, Asriel's suspicions grow. They kept trying to shoot down any idea that this human has any kind of relation to the skeleton he knows is somewhere in this castle.

And if Asriel woke up with changes... no, it was still a silly idea. Wasn't it?

"Um... this might be a weird question, but - Sans?"

Okay so that wasn't really a question, but more of Asriel seeing if the person holding him answers to that name.

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"That's less of a question and more of a name, buddy."

No teleporting. Oh well. Sans looks down at Asriel and winks.

"But it's MY name, so I guess you figured it out. Hey, kid."

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Well, that confirms it. This isn't how he imagined he'd meet Sans again, but... this isn't how he imagined he'd be meeting anyone. Right now, he's more relieved about being up and off the floor.

"Sorry, I couldn't think of any good questions."

But mystery solved anyway. Asriel looks Sans up and down.

"... Wow, so you're really a human now? Are you going to be okay like that?"

Asriel doesn't know what it feels like to go from all bones to all... well, all the stuff that humans are made out of. A change that big has gotta feel pretty weird.

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It's weird. Trust him.

Resigned to having to use his legs for once in his life, Sans starts walking. Asriel probably would have been heftier if he were still a skeleton, but this isn't so bad.

"Apparently. It kind of just... happened. I'm guessin' you got a similar story, lookin' at that tail."

Sans gestures as much as he can to Asriel's new apendage. Or is it a replacement apendage? The former monster settles for 'new'.

"Probably. It's all holding together pretty well so far. Don't ask me how, I just feel like my insides are cushioned now."