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[ Heart = Soul so sure while, he does not have a physical beating heart, he does have a heart-shaped soul??? So that counts. ]

AND I KNOW A GOOD PERSON WHEN I SEE ONE!

(I MEAN YOU.)

SO I'M GLAD I MET YOU TOO!

( Graham isn't sure he's a good person. when a person is made to do bad things, do they become their actions? and even if those are discounted, he wasn't a good person if he agreed to hurt an innocent girl to protect his family.

he's still trying to be better now. )

I hope I don't disappoint you, then.
being a good person is what I want to be.

REALLY??? THEN YOU'RE HALFWAY THERE ALREADY!!!

WANTING TO BE A GOOD PERSON, AND THEN FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH IT. IT'S THAT EASY!!

IF YOU EVER NEED HELP OR ADVICE ON THIS, LET ME KNOW!

you're quite knowledgeable about being a good person, then?

( if you squint, that might be a joke. you know. since Papyrus is a skeleton. )

[ Unfortunately for Graham, Papyrus both 1. thinks of skeletons as people, 2. refuses to acknowledge anything that is even remotely a skeleton pun. ]

THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE, ACTUALLY! AND THAT'S BECAUSE I KNOW, FACTUALLY- THAT EVERYONE CAN BE A GOOD PERSON! IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TRYING.

I don't think that's factually true, I'm afraid.

( there are certainly good people out there, he's learned to accept that as fact. everyone having goodness, though, he refuses to believe that because he's seen the proof of its fallacy. )

it's not wrong to hope for the best, but you ought to be careful.
not everyone deserves that faith.

IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T FEEL THE SAME WAY!

[ He's been warned about this sort of thing before. Many times, by many people. ]

BUT EVERYONE HAS REASONS FOR WHY THEY DO THINGS. THAT'S WHY THE TRYING PART IS IMPORTANT!

SOMETIMES PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY'VE LOST EVERYTHING, AND IF EVERYONE ALSO GIVES UP ON THEM, THEN THEY ALSO FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULDN'T BOTHER TRYING. SO THAT'S WHY I WON'T STOP HAVING FAITH. SOMETIMES IT JUST TAKES ONE PERSON TO BELIEVE IN THEM.

I don't think there's ever a good reason to hurt people.

( not heartbreak, not unhappiness, not loneliness. it's a lesson he learned too late in life, and it ended up with him losing his heart and being the instrument of hurting people. he doesn't think he gets an excuse for it, either. )

just be careful. faith is a good thing. some people just don't deserve it.

I'VE HURT A HUMAN BEFORE. I WAS TOLD TO CAPTURE THEM, AND BRING THEM TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL GUARD. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

I KNOW BETTER NOW. BUT NOT EVERYONE DOES. SOMETIMES IT TAKES TIME AND PATIENCE TO HELP SOMEONE.

I WILL BE CAREFUL!! BUT I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND ON THIS.

I wish you were right. the world would a better place if it were. but some people hurt because they like to. and no amount of believing in them will ever make them stop.
as long as you are careful, that is all that I can ask.

( Papyrus isn't the only person that can't have his mind changed. Graham has seen too much, done too much, to be convinced everyone can change.

and just maybe, even if they can... he can't forgive them, anyway. )

BE CAREFUL IS DEFINITELY A THING I CAN DO!

[ However, it is not a thing he always does. ]

good. I'm glad to hear it.

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i'd cry every day if i was that adorable

papyrus must also cry every day then, wait can skeles cry

somehow, he manages

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