[As families do, some of those difficulties are habits of pushing too hard to be unlike the other's sort of difficulty. Reactions, of trying not to be what he dislikes.]

Oh... You're not?

[He's startled, and looks right back at her again.]

I thought... Not a punishment, but, an opportunity of self-reflection. Like running a gauntlet! One where the important thing is, not getting to the end, even though that's important too, but that you really try.

[Papyrus leans back, looks up at the sky.]

But... If that gauntlet, is instead a conversation? That's fine.