Be patient. I'm going to explain why I won't be apologizing to you presently.
[Mettaton's heels click crisply in the air as he begins to pace, very slowly, around Frisk. There's something predatory about the way he circles the human.
If Frisk is the cat, perhaps Mettaton can be the hawk planning its dive.]
The last time we saw each other, you spared me. That was actually quite charitable of you! Just as charitable as it was of Alphys to fix me one final time. It is a shame, though, that the human I knew, the human who performed with me, a human appearing exactly like you, did not see fit to grant Undyne mercy. Nor the king and queen.
[He paused at this point, turning away from Frisk.]
But you see, the part that really galls me is the fact that Alphys fixed me, only to leave indefinitely. Before I could apologize. Because what she cared for...who she had cared for? Were no longer alive. A human, you, killed the one she loved, the king she served, and to that end, I never saw her again.
Never.
[Once again, he turns to Frisk, and there's something manic in his eye now.]
Do you know how hard it is to run a faltering country stuck under a mountain, dear? Do you know how hard it is to lose the only friend you had because you were selfish, and never had the chance to apologize?
Do you have any idea how much it hurts? These memories and experiences are real, do you understand? I had to live with the fact that my friend is probably DEAD!! Don't you care?!
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[Mettaton's heels click crisply in the air as he begins to pace, very slowly, around Frisk. There's something predatory about the way he circles the human.
If Frisk is the cat, perhaps Mettaton can be the hawk planning its dive.]
The last time we saw each other, you spared me. That was actually quite charitable of you! Just as charitable as it was of Alphys to fix me one final time. It is a shame, though, that the human I knew, the human who performed with me, a human appearing exactly like you, did not see fit to grant Undyne mercy. Nor the king and queen.
[He paused at this point, turning away from Frisk.]
But you see, the part that really galls me is the fact that Alphys fixed me, only to leave indefinitely. Before I could apologize. Because what she cared for...who she had cared for? Were no longer alive. A human, you, killed the one she loved, the king she served, and to that end, I never saw her again.
Never.
[Once again, he turns to Frisk, and there's something manic in his eye now.]
Do you know how hard it is to run a faltering country stuck under a mountain, dear? Do you know how hard it is to lose the only friend you had because you were selfish, and never had the chance to apologize?
Do you have any idea how much it hurts? These memories and experiences are real, do you understand? I had to live with the fact that my friend is probably DEAD!! Don't you care?!