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Sans responded with a shrug.

Alphys turned her attention on the blue cocoon in Sans' arms, she noticing the cocoon had a face and two big multicolored eyes moving and looking around the place.

Alphys' face brightened as she looked the babybones. "Oh my! That must be Bliss, the kid that caused that big commotion in the whole capital." She smiled and walked over to them.

"What a way to introduce your nephew to the whole neighborhood, Sans. Your kid became quite famous after the incident this morning. " Alphys said while looking at the coccon Sans was holding in his arms, only the kid's face could be seen as everything else was covered with a blue blanket.

"Bliss became more famous in a day than I did in all my years as an adventurer." Sans chuckled.

Alphys moved her attention to Sans, they knew each other for a long time, so it didn't take long for Alphys to notice that Sans wasn't as calm as he was trying to appear, but she just played along. "But you are quite famous yourself, Sans. You have quite the reputation as the laziest adventurer in history." Actually Alphys knew Sans wasn't lazy at all, he just acted lazy, she knew very well how hard he had worked to earn money since young so he and his brother wouldn't starve. It was just that Sans didn't need to work as hard anymore since Papyrus also had a job now. Alphys looked at the child in Sans' arms. 'I guess he found a new reason to work hard.'

"I do my best to maintain that reputation." Sans said with a shrug, trying to look relaxed and calm, but he could still feel his fingers shaking.

Bliss kept looking at the two, he understood the they was talking about him, - and they didn't seem to care that he was listening to their conversation, although he didn't fully understand what they were talking about. Were they perhaps talking in code?- He recognized the name they kept calling him, 'Bliss' it was the new name from his Stats. He never really cared what others called him, he had been called a lot of different names, Error, Destroyer, Glitch, Abomination, Shit-head, it was just that 'Error' was the name Fate carved into his codes when they formed him. So he easily accepted this new name the VOID rewrote in his codes. But it did cause him confusion, why did they choose such a name? 'Perfect happiness or joy' He wanted to laugh, this name didn't fit him at all. He could only guess the VOID thought it was ironic and funny. Well it was funny, at least he could acknowledge their sense of humor. 'Sure, let's laugh together as you devour Ink along with the entire Multiverse.' Maybe he could live up to his new name even if just for a moment, if watching the destruction of Fate's beloved child won't bring him 'happiness and joy' then he can't imagine what else would.

Bliss felt a smirk creep on his face, he was sure it looked very twisted and disgusting. But he didn't care.

Sans stared at Bliss surprised, the kid was smiling. This was the first time he saw Bliss show any emotions, he didn't know what caused the kid to suddenly smile but there was one thing he knew for sure '...He is cuter whe he smiles.' He thought Bliss looked way cuter without an emotionless face and piercing eyes that felt like were staring into Sans' soul, like a porcelain doll following his every move with mismatched eye lights, which Sans thought it was very creepy, although still cute, but very creepy.

Sans wondered what made the babybones smile, so he could make him smile again and show it to Papyrus. It would make Papyrus very happy. Sans smiled at that thought before turning to look back at Alphys. He was calmer now but he was still worried. "Anyways, about what we talked earlier this morning."

"Ah yes. You requested a magic-restraint item because you suspect Bliss has too much magic." Alphys recalled the reason Sans came to see her. - It was rare but there were times when a child was born with to much magic and that could harm the fragile body. Having too much magic while having a weak body was extremely dangerous, in worst cases the excess of magic could burst out and destroy the body, unless the individual had instinctive control over their magic since birth, but only Boss Monsters were able to do that. Children born with that condition needed help from the outside to control that excess of magic. Since old times the parents were the ones to do that while slowly teaching the child to control the magic on their own, but that required for the parent to be close to the child all the time during the process, which could take years. But now a days there were already magic devices and magic items for almost every necessity, as well as to treat certain heath problems. There was a magic-restraint item that was able to restrain that excess of magic and keep it under control. The item wouldn't be needed anymore as the child grows up and the body can handle and control the magic on its own.

Bliss frowned after hearing what the Alphys said. 'Too much magic my ass. I can't even materialize my most weak attacks.' He mentality growled. It was faint, but he could feel his magic returning little by little, it was too slow, at this pace it will take at least some years to recover half his magic. 'But they are talking about restraining my magic?' Bliss was annoyed by the circumstances but he was also a little curious. It wouldn't be the first time someone tried to seal his magic -excluding Fate- there were many times when Science Sans made weapons or devices to try and seal or restrict his magic, but Bliss' destructive magic was to powerful and the devises always broke or exploded. Bliss wondered what kind of weapon they were going to use on him.

"I first need to confirm whether he really has a dangerous level of magic." Alphys said while looking at the child. Bliss looked back at her with wariness but also a bit of curiosity.

"While you are at it, can you see if the kid has any other heath conditions we should know about?" Sans asked her. The memory of the kid's limp and lifeless body wouldn't leave his head. It made him believe that something else caused Bliss to pass out like that.

"I'm a scientist, I research and study magic. Why don't you go see an actual physician?" She looked at him while adjusting her glasses.

"Monsters are mostly made of magic, so isn't it all the same?" Sans shrugged with a lazy grin. "Plus with you is free anyways."

Alphys raised an eyebrow at his shameless behavior, but she couldn't get surprised anymore. "Don't get used to it, I may start to charge you." She warned him and began looking through some cabinets.

"If it weren't for the fact that we are old friends, you wouldn't even be able to meet me. Not everyone can approach the Royal Scientist, you know?" Alphys reminded him. - She and Sans knew each other because Alphys was always in need of materials for her experiments and had to send requests to the Guild, they were mostly requests for ingredients from the Cursed Forest -such as plants or fruits, poisonous or with healing properties- that would be used to make medicine, magic potions, or antidotes for poisons that were characteristic of the forest; and also materials -metals, minerals, stones with magic properties, Beast cores, and other useful resources, sometimes even fossils or bones of dead Beasts- used to make magic devices, items or weapons. -The Cursed Forest, although dangerous and full of poison and Beasts, was the biggest source of resources of the Monster Kingdom. And it was forbidden to enter the forest unless they are a member of the Guild or someone under the king.- For most adventurers, who seeked excitement and adventures, requests to collect materials or resources from the forest were seen as boring and annoying, but there was one guy who only accepted collecting jobs, Sans, a lazy ass skeleton that only wanted easy short jobs and had no interest in adventure what so ever. Alphys and Sans eventually became close since Alphys had to see him almost every day because Sans was the only one always taking collecting requests, and he always did a fast job thanks to his teleportation skill -the journey from the capital to the forest was long, and not to mention the days spent in the forest to finish the job.- Those constant meetings and interactions between the two eventually resulted in friendship and somehow also partnership, as occasionally they would do favors to one another for free. - "You can consider yourself lucky."

"I'm such a lucky guy." Sans chuckled, he thought it was funny how Alphys was always so confidence and blunt when talking to other, but would shrink shyly and stutter everytime Undyne talked to her.

Alphys took out a magic device, it was round and had a crystal on the center. The purpose of this device was to scan a Monster's SOUL and give information about their level of magic as well as detect any kind of anomalies.

Alphys approach Bliss and placed the device close his ribcage. The crystal began to glow with a purple color.

Bliss was cautiously observing as the Alphys moved the unknown object close to his SOUL, since that was all the could do in his current condition. He looked at the shiny stone in curiosity but didn't let him guard down, ready in case some kind of pain striked his SOUL. - During his years as the Destroyer, he had learned to expect the worst of everything and everyone. That was the only way he knew, it didn't make it less painful, but it made it less scary if he knew what to expect. - While he kept looking at the purple stone, he noticed some numbers appearing in it.

Alphys watched as the level of the Bliss' magic appeared on the crystal. The kid had indeed to much magic for his young age, but there was something else, the number kept changing, it was slowly increasing. She thought it was strange, a Monster's level of magic doesn't increase like that for no reason. It increases through training and practice. She concluded it was just the device that was malfunctioning.

Alphys removed the device. "Bliss does indeed have a big amount of magic for his age. It's not dangerously big but it could be harmful. But..." She looked at the child in Sans' arms with curiosity. "You said Bliss used teleportation? He should be around 7 months old. To be able to even use magic at such young age is actually impressive. Even if he has an unusually big amount of magic, being able to use it is a completely different matter. If he can use magic it's possible that he will be able to instinctively control it on his own... since we can't be sure about his origins." From what Sans told her, Bliss was from the other side of the Cursed Forest, so they can't be sure, Bliss could even be a hybrid for all they know. "But it would be better to not take any risks. So use a magic-restraint just in case, and everything will be fine." Alphys finished the explanation, and put away the device.

Sans nodded, feeling less tense and let out a sight of relief. It wasn't more than a few hours ago that they finished signing the adoption papers to take the kid in, so Sans was legally his uncle now. And it didn't matter how creepy the kid was sometimes, or his true origins or even if a lot of bad things will come because of this decision. He and Papyrus had already decided to take care and protect this child. Bliss was already family.

Alphys looked at him while adjusting her glasses, noticing he was more relaxed. "Although, those items are very expensive. You know that, right?"

Sans looked at her in silence before his usual lazy smile grew on his face. "That is why I came to you instead of going ahead and buy one." He said with a shrug. "You have some spare ones don't you?" Sans wasn't really asking to make sure, how could she not have at least one or two when most of the magic devices and items were created and tested in these labs, before being released in the markets.

Alphys raised an eyebrow, she had no problem helping but 'Could he be less shameless?' She turned around, while thinking she really needed to start charging him for her services, and walked towards a small storage room. "I have some stored around here... let me see." Alphys said as she began looking through some boxes.

Bliss looked towards the room the Alphys had entered, in complete confusion. '...No, the amount of magic I have right now is not harmful at all. I couldn't kill anyone even if I wanted to.' He didn't understand why they kept saying he had to much magic and insisting on restricting it. Their conversation confused him. It was obvious that they didn't know his identity, the merciless Destroyer of worlds. If they knew, they would have already hand him over to Ink, or torture him in many painful ways. There was no way they would miss the chance to cause him pain, especially now that he was in such a weak state and unable to escape or kill them. - No one ever hesitated. Wherever he was laying hurt on the snow after a fight with Ink, with new scares and broken bones that were slowly attaching back in place, his whole body eternally in the verge of dusting but never dusting, and his magic still sealed so he couldn't hide in the Anti-void. When someone saw him like that they would always take the opportunity to attack him, hurt him. - But this Sans and Alphys haven't shown any intentions to torture him yet. Instead they seemed to believe he was a young child. But for some reason they kept saying that his magic was harmful and that they should restrain it, even though he can't hurt them at all. It didn't make sense to him.

Bliss couldn't understand anything that was happening, and that made him tense up even more. He couldn't relax until he had an understanding of his surroundings, it was his way of feeling more secure, less scared, knowing what kind of pain to expect and how to deal with it. Not knowing what they might do to him, he hated this feeling. It would've been simpler if they just tortured him when he was ready for it.

Alphys came back holding a box in her arms and place it on a table. "These are old models but work just fine." She turned the box upside down and let the items fall on the table.

Sans walked towards her and sat Bliss on the table, still holding an arm around him so the kid wouldn't fall. He looked at the objects on the table. - The magic-restraints were usually for children so they were made in the shape of pretty ornaments such as bracelets, rings or necklaces, or even costume made in the shape the costumer requested, of course that way was even more expensive.

"Go ahead and choose whichever you want." Alphys said, sitting on a chair and watching the child. She thought it was interesting how the kid always looked at everything as if he was silently studying it. The kid looked very smart for his age.

Bliss was still wary, he looked at the objects placed in front on him with a suspicious gaze. The objects had pretty shapes, some colorful others shiny. 'Are these supposed to restrain my magic?' He thought they looked really pretty considering their purpose. It would be a pity if it broke when he fully recovers his magic. Then a certain object piqued his interest, it looked like a choker, like one of those Ink once put on him and that would electrocute him, -it tickled his bones and Bliss ended up laughing soo hard that it caused his mutilated and broken bones to ache, he couldn't control his laughter and it caused him a lot of pain. 'That sure was an interesting torture method.'

Sans took the notebook and looked a it. "What is this?"

"I belonged to the previous Royal Scientist, my mentor."

"You mean the one that disappeared from existence?" Sans asked raising a -nonexistent- eyebrow. He still had difficulty believing that story she told him, but he knew Alphys wasn't the type to make up stories or prank others.

"Yes. You are the only person I've ever told about this, Sans." Alphys' face turned serious. "After a mysterious malfunction of the old Core, he disappeared from existence, not dead, but disappeared like he didn't exist in the first place. No one could remember him even after all his big achievements and inventions. It's not a exaggeration to say that his inventions were the key to our prosperous Kingdom. But suddenly everyone forgot about him overnight. And I received credit from his work." She was there the day it happened, maybe that is why she was the only one that could remember him.

Bliss watched them as they talked about Gaster. It was weird that Alphys was the only one remembering him, in most AUs it was usualy the Sans the only one who knew about Gaster.

'How rude, talking about someone when they are listening.' A voice grumbled.

Bliss turned his head towards the new voice, he then saw a back faint figure appear next to Alphys. He could recognize it was a Gaster because of the scars. 'Was he here the whole time? Or did he appear as soon as the conversation was about him?' Bliss stared at him uninterested, whenever he destroyed the AUs he would always ignore the Gaster since they would eventually be completely erased when their world die. Bliss knew that most Gasters were extremely egocentric some were even narcissists, and he rather not have to deal with them.

'Although it does feel good to be praised for my hard work.' Gaster faked a cough feeling a bit proud of himself. He then noticed the Skeleton child staring at him. 'Oh? You can see me?'

Bliss pretend not ho hear him and began moving his eye lights to look around the lab. 'No, I can't see you. So don't mind me.' He knew how Gasters were, the moment they know someone can see or hear them they will follow that person around and won't stop talking, most Gasters become extremely annoying after experiencing loneliness and extreme boredom for so many years, and begin talking to themselves. Bliss didn't want to attract the Gaster's attention and have him following him around, he had already enough to deal with as it is and he would not appreciate someone constantly babbling at his -nonexistent- ears.

Although, Bliss was not aware that just the fact that he was a new Skeleton in this AU was enough to catch Gaster's curiosity.

'Oh, my mistake.' Gaster said, believing the child was probably looking at what was behind him. - After Gaster fell into the VOID, he could only watch the world but not interact with it, no one could see or hear him, or even remember him. At first he didn't hate it because he was able roam around the world and see many new things, he also discovered the existence of other worlds, confirming his theory about the alternative universes, AUs. But it quickly became boring and lonely. And then when his AU began falling into de VOID, Gaster thought he would finally get some company. But he did not expect, that the moment his AU was pulled in and scattered across time and space, that he would be completely lost in the darkness. Before the fall of the AU, Gaster had kept his conscience intact even after he fell into the VOID and was able to roam around like a ghost, but when his AU fell too, his conscience faded, like de was completely erased from experience. But he regained his conscience when the AU was thrown out of the VOID. At that moment Gaster realized he had never truly tasted the feeling of being extinguished from existence until his AU fell into the VOID. He was never completely lost in the VOID since he was somehow bounded to his AU and that connection kept him from being completely scatered across time and space and completely lost from experience. There was something else Gaster realized. When the AU was thrown out of the VOID, Gaster didn't fully get out along with it, because it was in the codes of the AU that he was to be forever forgotten, that was his fate. - Gaster looked at Bliss. Black bones, dark red eye sockets, mismatched eye lights, an unusual appearance for a Skeleton, but that was not what he was focusing on right now. Gaster had been in the VOID for longer than any other resident of this AU, and he was still bounded to it, so he could easily tell that this child had also a connection to the VOID just like himself. It wasn't just someone that fell into the VOID and came back like the other residents of this AU. It was faint but he could feel a small portion of the VOID itself coming from the small Skeleton child, to be more precise, from the child's right eye socket.

Gaster could easily tell that this young Skeleton was not a resident of this AU, it was most likely that his codes were pulled out of the VOID along with this AU and somehow his codes were inserted into the AU codes by mistake.

'What as interesting child.' After the fall of the AU into the VOID, Gaster didn't think it was impossible for anomalies to pop up.

Bliss continued to ignore pretending not to hear him. 'No, I'm not interesting at all, just the typical villain waiting for the Multiverse destruction. Ignore my existence just like I'm doing to you right now.' He was hoping for the Gaster to lose interest if he ignored him.

Gaster glanced at Sans but didn't pay much attention to him and kept staring at Bliss.

Bliss wondered what kind of relationship this Gaster had with Sans. In some AUs Gaster is a brother, in some he is a father, evil or good, in others they didn't have any kind of relation. There are a lot of different versions. But this Gaster didn't seem to pay attention to Sans at all, he was more interested in the new Skeleton baby that appeared out of nowhere.

"Anyways, he was a very old Skeleton Monster, so he should have a lot of knowledge about it. I remember you saying you wanted to know more about Skeleton Monsters? The problem it I can't read it, it's written in a strange language." Alphys kept talking about the old Skeleton, unaware that said old Skeleton was listening.

'Giving away my belongings so easily like this. Tsk tsk. What a rude apprentice I have. Well I guess it's a good thing that is being put to use. Also, I'm not even that old.'

Bliss continued to ignore Gaster, looking anywhere that wasn't his direction.

Sans opened the notebook, strangely he could read it. "Thanks Al." He put the notebook in his pocket while holding Bliss in his other arm. "I'm leaving now, Papyrus must be home already." Sans waved before teleporting away. He appeared in front of his house.

Bliss looked around to see whether the Gaster had followed them, fortunately he didn't.

Sans opened the door and walked inside. "Paps, you home yet?"

A door slammed open and Papyrus walked out of his room. "Sans, you are back!" Papyrus hurried down the stairs and walked toward them with an excited smile. He then took Bliss from Sans' arms and hold him up. "Welcome home son!" He greeted his son with a bright smile.

Bliss almost choked on air. '...What?' He could not believe what he just heard. 'Why the fuck are you calling me your 'son'?!' Bliss was frozen in shock as he stared at Papyrus in disbelief. 'Okay I know I said I don't care whatever name others call me! But this is just ridiculous!'

The two brothers watched as the babybones began flailing his small arms with angry baby babbling, as if he was protesting. The blue scarf starting to fall off again because of his movements.

Sans snorted. It was funny seeing the kid finally act like his age. 'Did he get angry? Why?'

"What's wrong? Does he not like me?" Papyrus said with a sanded expression. He was holding Bliss in his arms while rocking him, trying to calm the child.

"That's impossible Paps. He probably doesn't recognize us as family yet. He just needs to get used to our faces first." Sans shrugged before leaning closer to the babybones in his brother's arms. "Hey kid, you are part of our family now. Get used to it." He said with a grin.

Bliss blankly stared into Sans' eye sockets, surprised at what the he said. '...Family?'

Papyrus frowned at his brother. "Stop making it sound like it's something bad, Sans." He then looked at the child in his arms with a bright smile. "That's right Bliss! We are a family now! I'm your daddy!" He said while pointing at himself, he then pointed at Sans. "And Sans is your uncle!"

Sans waved with a lazy smile. "Welcome to the family kid."

Bliss stared at them dumbfounded, trying to process what just happened. Why would they want to be his family?...Would they still want him even after knowing what he did to his previous family? Hes eye lights flickered for a moment. They were basically inviting the devil into their lives, he mentality laughed at the thought. But could he blame them? These two had no idea what kind of monster they are trying to bring into their lives.

His face turned completely expressionless. 'They will eventually die along with the Multiverse.' Bliss thought coldly. He had no intention of getting attached to these two brothers. He couldn't afford to care about others, not when he had completely given up and was waiting for the Multiverse to self destruct. Whatever they choose to call him, it was none of his business ...But at the very least he didn't want to be the cause of these two getting hurt in case Ink decided to attack them for being associated to him. So he was planning on leaving as soon as he can and find a place to hide from Fate and Ink.

"Please don't cry." Papyrus said before hugging him.

His SOUL jumped in response. '...What? Cry? What the hell is he talking about?' Bliss frowned, his vision was blurry again, he wished he still had his glasses.

Sans smiled and joined the hug patting the kid's head. He was surprised to see Bliss begin crying, it was as if he had become emotional after what Papyrus said. Could this kid actually understand what they were saying? Somehow that wasn't very hard to believe, the kid looked pretty smart...in a creepy kind of way. Nevertheless Bliss was now family and he had already decided to protect him.

When they finally pulled away from the hug, the long scarf wrapped around the babybones began sliding off again, a part of it already touching the floor. The three stared at it.

"You are right. He can't keep wearing a blanket forever." Papyrus agreed.

"Fortunately I bought a lot of clothes. I just finished packing the clothes in the closet." He walked up the stairs to his room, of course the child's stuff would be in Papyrus' room since that is where Bliss was sleeping for the time being.

Papyrus sat Bliss on the crib and walked towards a babyblue colored closet next to his own, and began looking inside, thinking of what clothes he should dress Bliss in.

Bliss leaned forward on his small hands, trying his best not to fall on his back. He then saw the Sans teleported in front on him. They silently stared at each other, before Papyrus came back with a smile while holding a small yellow and brown dress.

Papyrus then began dressing the babybones.

Bliss felt a little awkward, but he couldn't really escape this weird situation. It's not like they were hurting him anyways. He could only watch as the Papyrus gently put a the dress on him before putting two little shoes on his feet.

After Papyrus finished dressing the babybones, and lifted him up. "Bliss! You look so adorable!" He squealed and ran towards the mirror with the child in his arms. "Do you like it?"

Bliss turned his eye lights toward his reflection, he flinched and his eyes widened in complete shock. '...Is this... me?' The figure reflected in the mirror did resemble him in some way, but at the same time it was far too different.

The bones were completely black, except for the blue tear marks running down his cheek. There was no trace of the usual red and yellow. There were no glitches, no 'ERROR' signs, and all the scars and cracks that his body had been accumulating for all those years and that felt like a part of himself, all of them were now gone. The scars and cracks that were cutting the tear marks were gone, and the blue lines were now clearer that ever and slightly glowing with a sky blue glitter color, instead of the usual dull sky blue. The the colors of his left eye light seemed brighter while the right eye light was completely black. Actually the changes weren't that big, except for the fact that he was smaller and that all the scars and cracks were gone. But Bliss couldn't recognize the child reflected in the mirror. It looked so... small -Just like the children he avoided killing whenever he had to do his job, so he usually chose AU without children. Fortunately newborn copies began in middle of the story, unlike the Originals that began at the time before the war between Monsters and Humans, instead the backstory and past was just written in the codes and their memories, so the copies rarely had children unless it was a AU about kids. He hated killing children the most- The figure in the mirror didn't look disgusting or broken. It looked nothing like him. - Bliss bones were so broked, much like his mind. But no matter how broken he became he could never die. Forever in the verge of dusting but never dusting, because Fate wouldn't let him. And everytime his bones were broken and limbs were ripped out and thrown away from him, Fate would put him back together so he could continue doing his job. The 'self-healing ability' as it was called in his Stats, it was actually just his broken bones being put back together, not being healed, he never once felt something as gentle as healing, not from Fate, not from anyone. It couldn't be called healing because his bones were still cracked and broken, only they were glued in place, preventing his body from falling apart. And the pain of every new wounds never going away and instead mixed together with the rest of the pain. He had hoped that one day his body couldn't take any more damage and would finally crumble and dust if this kept on, but it never happened. No matter how many times his bones were broken again and again, no matter how small the pieces of broken bones were, it always glued back together and all that it accomplished was a pain that strikes him every time he moved, cracks and scars so old and bad that could never be healed and that carried the memory of a pain that could never go away. - Bliss moved his small hands, reaching for his face and began touching it, the reflection copying all his movements. That was really him.

Bliss stared at his reflection that didn't have a single scratch on his bones. Was this why he couldn't fell the pain anymore? How? Did the VOID heal him? Why? Why would they do that? What are their intentions? So many questions filled his mind, until he decided it didn't matter. He had already decided he didn't care about anything else other than watching the Multiverse's destruction. He should be thankful that the VOID even gave him this chance to satisfy his anger. Regardless of their intentions. Why should he become nervous because the pain was gone? Not feeling constant pain everytime he moved or breathed, it was much more comfortable. Bliss calmed down and simply accepted the situation. He was tired of caring.

Papyrus walked away from the mirror and turned towards his brother. "Sans, doesn't it look really cute on him?"

Sans only nodded in response as he blankly looked at Bliss who was now wearing a cute fancy dress. The kid staring back with the usual expressionless face. 'Okay now he really does look like a porcelain doll.'

Sans averted his eyes from the cute but strangely creepy child, his eyes landed on the wall clock. 15:10. Now that he thought about it the kid hasn't eaten anything since this morning. "We should probably feed him now."

[In the living room/kitchen] ---

Sans sat Bliss on a baby high chair
next to the dining table.

Papyrus walked to them holding a bowl of porridge -of course he knew he shouldn't feed spaghetti to such a young child so he had asked the shop lady what would be best to feed a baby. He ended up buying milk and porridge.

Papyrus placed the bowl on the small table attached to the baby chair before he brought a full spoon to the baby's mouth.

Bliss watched the spoon come his way, before looking up at him confused.

"Why isn't he eating?" Papyrus asked a bit worried, the baby was just staring at him and ignoring the food in front of him.

"Maybe he is just not hungry?" Sans shrugged. 'Or maybe their life was so miserable on the other side of the forest that they didn't even had food to feed him so he cant recognize food... Did this kid starve?' Sans frowned at that thought, he decided not to tell his thoughts out loud.

Papyrus moved the spoon closer. "Bliss, please you need to eat so you can grow big and healthy." He said with a smile, encouraging the baby to eat.

'So If I eat this I will grow back?' Bliss looked at the spoon in front of him. He couldn't remember the last time he ate, he didn't really have the time to do it and getting food was also hard and he would get beaten up. So he eventually stopped eating. He didn't need to eat to live, he couldn't die. 'This could be poisoned.' He looked at it suspiciously, before he shrug it off. 'Well, it's not like it will kill me.'

Bliss opened his mouth, letting the Papyrus put the spoon in his mouth, and he took a bite.

"Good job!" Papyrus cheered while pulling back the spoon, only then did they noticed that the head of the spoon was gone.

The two brothers looked towards the noise. Their faces changed to horror at what they saw.

Bliss was looking at them with a calm expression while chewing metal. It was scratching the inside of his mouth a little, but he just kept chewing like it was chewing gum. -It's not like was the first time. Whenever he was caught and chained up, thanks to Fate sealing his magic for fun, and his arms completely broken, he could only use his jaws to bite off the chains and get free- Bliss just didn't understand how eating this would help him grow back.

"B-Bliss! No!!"
"Holy s-cheese!"

Bliss jerked, and looked at them confused.

Papyrus hurried to opened the baby's mouth to take out the metal he was chewing, before the baby could try to swallow it and choke on it.

"Bliss you are not supposed to eat this!" Papyrus removed the piece of metal from the baby's mouth. He then looked at the small piece of metal in his hand, the head of the spoon that used to be bowl-shaped was now crushed and crumpled like it was paper.

'...But you told me to eat it.' Bliss looked at them completely confused.

Sans stared at the small ball of crumpled metal in shock. 'Did he just... bite off metal and then crushed it with his teeth?' He looking at Bliss. 'What even is this kid?'

Sans did say he would accept the kid no matter what but... He really hoped they don't come to regret it. '...What if he end up eating the furniture?'

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