[Now that he's stopped talking the anger is draining back out, and Chris is returning to the odd numb feeling from before. But despite that Sans' response still seems somewhat flippant, it's more than before and Chris refocuses on the original plan of trying to figure out something to do.

But he honestly doesn't have an answer just yet. He just isn't willing to give up and accept that there's nothing they could do; surely they can come up with something that will help even the slightest amount.]

Better than not doing anything.

[It's the first answer he gives, more confident than pretty much anything else he's said so far.]

W-When it um, went off earlier, was there any sort of warning? What happened when you tried to stop?