Mettaton catches the murmur and his own eyes drift to the jacket hanging on the wall. There's another relief; without the video feed, they couldn't see Mettaton's half of the conversation.

He couldn't see Mettaton's half of the conversation.

The question gets another strained chuckle, the idol's mind still on the camera. "Horrible. It's always the worst having to see a star take a bow." Well. He tried to make it sound funny.

...but seriously. "You wouldn't mind getting my arms for me, would you? They should be under the work bench." Alphys may have taken his legs with her, but at least she left those.