"Pretty clever!"
Killer gave her a thumbs-up.
"All right, since Murder took care of the human... I'll be the one to explain."
After all, villains usually laid everything out for the protagonist. Killer had told Murder to hold off because she was waiting for an official answer.
The official answer never came. Murder had already lost his patience; he apparently couldn't stand humans on a genocide run.
He wouldn't even let them finish speaking. Killer couldn't stop him even when she pressed down hard on his hand.
"All right... other me... you've been having nightmares a lot lately, haven't you?"
The air around Killer froze, along with time-the very technique she had used during their conversation earlier.
What they were about to say wasn't meant for anyone other than Sans to hear.
"Those nightmares... are the anomalies in time you've noticed. Usually... there are plenty of ways for us to notice anomalies like that, but these nightmares..."
Killer stared intently at Sans, their gazes meeting.
"...Someone deliberately made you notice them."
The icy air gradually returned to normal as Killer restored the flow of time.
Taking Murder and Sans by the hands, Killer willed it.
Whoosh!
The entire world dissolved into endless darkness. Right before everyone's eyes, Killer brought up the Save Panel.
"Oh... wait, buddy? How did you... this is..."
"This is what that human used to toy with you."
Killer looked at the enormous "Continue" and "Reset" buttons floating in the air and pressed her lips together.
"The human uses this to control the timeline."
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
"Oh, kid, look, I've run into a mirror... no, wait, what's going on?"
Geno had originally planned to greet Sans with a simple opening line.
As usual, they would trade puns, and then Sans would bring up what had