Trying to be useful and fix things was precisely what Sans had been intending to do, and that was nearly three years ago. Is that still what he's doing? He tells himself he is, but sometimes it's honestly hard to tell. His reality here has started feeling more immediate and important than the one back home. Especially when Papyrus is along for the ride, too...

Well, no point in discouraging her with his own lack of commitment. He hasn't totally given up, at least. Not yet. Maybe having another person from home around would help keep him on target. Maybe.

"Eh, no credentials needed. The Ringmaster will recruit pretty much anything with a soul. You just gotta track her down and tell her you want to work for her, and you can work out the payment from there." He pauses for a moment, and then his grin widens and he leans over to her conspiratorially. "Papyrus already hashed out a deal to get the barrier taken down, if everything goes according to plan. Hard to beat that, huh?"

He's selling it more optimistically than he actually feels about it, but hey. It's Alphys. She needs all the help she can get.