...this is exactly why Mettaton didn't want to come here today.
It was only because his charging port was fried! He didn't even want to talk to Alphys after all her insatiable meddling! "I'm s-so sorry, b-b-but you needed to talk to him!! You're... you're a m-mess and you won't talk to a-anyone! All you do is work! Y-you're totally spiraling," she whined in an awful attempt to defend her horrible actions.
Of course he wasn't talking to anyone! He can't trust anyone!! No one cares about his feelings! All they ever do is blame him for having them! He just wants to work and not think and not be judged right now!
But no, he tried to be the better person and came to her and let her put him into sleep mode and now he's woken up without any limbs and the number two person on the People I Never Want To Look At 'Lest I Suffer Immense Emotional Turmoil List is standing in front of him and OH MY GOD SHE WAS DOUBLE-TEAMING WITH UNDYNE IS THERE NO ONE WHO WANTS TO SEE HIM SUFFER
From the intense look of hatred and raw disgust flashing onto his face, it's obvious that Mettaton 1) saw Sans, 2) processed Sans was there, and 3) was most certainly awake. That doesn't stop him from immediately dimming his eyes and letting his head fall limp.
If he pretends to be shut off, there doesn't have to be a conversation.
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It was only because his charging port was fried! He didn't even want to talk to Alphys after all her insatiable meddling! "I'm s-so sorry, b-b-but you needed to talk to him!! You're... you're a m-mess and you won't talk to a-anyone! All you do is work! Y-you're totally spiraling," she whined in an awful attempt to defend her horrible actions.
Of course he wasn't talking to anyone! He can't trust anyone!! No one cares about his feelings! All they ever do is blame him for having them! He just wants to work and not think and not be judged right now!
But no, he tried to be the better person and came to her and let her put him into sleep mode and now he's woken up without any limbs and the number two person on the People I Never Want To Look At 'Lest I Suffer Immense Emotional Turmoil List is standing in front of him and OH MY GOD SHE WAS DOUBLE-TEAMING WITH UNDYNE IS THERE NO ONE WHO WANTS TO SEE HIM SUFFER
From the intense look of hatred and raw disgust flashing onto his face, it's obvious that Mettaton 1) saw Sans, 2) processed Sans was there, and 3) was most certainly awake. That doesn't stop him from immediately dimming his eyes and letting his head fall limp.
If he pretends to be shut off, there doesn't have to be a conversation.