[It's his coping mechanism, and she can understand it for that at least. It's not the worst one she's heard, and from other people. It gets easier not to cringe at these things.]
Boondoggle?
[As Zuko offers that up as their guess, Rin utters the word like a foreign object that feels strange in her mouth, bewildered. Her speech probably comes out a little muffled, talking on the other side of Zuko.]
What? Did you guys grow up in 1940's New— [Glancing up at the ceiling, she suddenly cuts herself off.] Wait, wait. It's doing something new.
[That word was indeed the last one. The finished puzzle remains for a few seconds, glowing softly before seemingly erasing itself. In its place, letter by letter, something new is carved. Sans, of course, isn't privy to that. He just gets the short, bated silence on the phone as the word is spelled out.
When it's complete, Rin reaches to take her phone back from Zuko, so she can properly speak into the phone. Her voice comes in more clearly now.]
Altar room. [She breathes out a sigh, a little relieved, a little... Okay. She puts a grin in her voice.] Thank you, Sans. I think you just got us our key location.
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Boondoggle?
[As Zuko offers that up as their guess, Rin utters the word like a foreign object that feels strange in her mouth, bewildered. Her speech probably comes out a little muffled, talking on the other side of Zuko.]
What? Did you guys grow up in 1940's New— [Glancing up at the ceiling, she suddenly cuts herself off.] Wait, wait. It's doing something new.
[That word was indeed the last one. The finished puzzle remains for a few seconds, glowing softly before seemingly erasing itself. In its place, letter by letter, something new is carved. Sans, of course, isn't privy to that. He just gets the short, bated silence on the phone as the word is spelled out.
When it's complete, Rin reaches to take her phone back from Zuko, so she can properly speak into the phone. Her voice comes in more clearly now.]
Altar room. [She breathes out a sigh, a little relieved, a little... Okay. She puts a grin in her voice.] Thank you, Sans. I think you just got us our key location.