"I guess it seems more realistic," Papyrus admits, less than enthusiastic at his idea being shot down, but not wanting to disagree. "But what kind of mural story shows step one, step two, and step... five??"

He's not sure how many mural stories he's seen in his life, if any. But at some point he's ingested enough stories to have an idea how a narrative should be presented, and that sure isn't it.

"If that's how it goes, there should be more murals, for the next steps. Unless. Do you think, they got broken...?"

They are in some ruins. Maybe the ruins are more ruined than they know. That would make sense, the clue's right there in the name and everything.