Mettaton can't tell whether that shake of the head is meant as reassurance - don't apologise, don't cry, it'll be alright - or as a warning - shut up and don't let him see.
It doesn't matter, anyway. He can't keep his body from reacting to this nightmare the only way it still can.
He should keep quiet at least, he knows he should, he's been told in no uncertain terms what might happen if he doesn't shut up, but. There's that pride of his again, he guesses, some part of him that doesn't mind being hurt so much as not being seen. At least this creature could talk about him as though he's alive.
- not that Mettaton is going to admit that he isn't simulating anything.
"She was brilliant." It comes out sounding like a snarl through gritted teeth, and that's only partly down to the effort of using the secondary speaker. "You couldn't - keep up, darling."
Oh, he's going to pay for that, he's sure. If he could, he'd be shaking in his boots, quite literally.
...at least it's his choice. And at least it might get Barnaby off the hook for a little while. Enough to catch his breath. That would be something.
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Date: 2017-11-15 12:40 am (UTC)It doesn't matter, anyway. He can't keep his body from reacting to this nightmare the only way it still can.
He should keep quiet at least, he knows he should, he's been told in no uncertain terms what might happen if he doesn't shut up, but. There's that pride of his again, he guesses, some part of him that doesn't mind being hurt so much as not being seen. At least this creature could talk about him as though he's alive.
- not that Mettaton is going to admit that he isn't simulating anything.
"She was brilliant." It comes out sounding like a snarl through gritted teeth, and that's only partly down to the effort of using the secondary speaker. "You couldn't - keep up, darling."
Oh, he's going to pay for that, he's sure. If he could, he'd be shaking in his boots, quite literally.
...at least it's his choice. And at least it might get Barnaby off the hook for a little while. Enough to catch his breath. That would be something.