Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24942373-20160831005320

I think it is because the River Person uses shortcuts, like Sans. According to CheeseSkates, the River Person goes around the Undergroud in a circle, but there is no proof as far as I know. It doesn't even make sense if we look at the map of the Underground, which can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Undertale/comments/3q8vxc/map_of_all_of_undertale_spoilers_for_everything/

If you look closely, you will see that to go from Snowdin to the Waterfall, you would have to cross some walls to be on the right side. Also, the distance between the Hotland and the Waterfall is WAY shorter than the distance between the Waterfall and Snowdin, so why pass by Snowdin, then loop to the Hotlands? it would makes no sense. 