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yeah. distant, aloof.

like one day things we'll be fine and we'll just be talking normally

and then the next it's like he's a million miles away

he told me during the last event that he doesn't believe he can have friends?

or something like that.

[They were both pretty drunk.]

shit. didn't even think about that.

you think maybe his mirror just

hacked his programming or something?

mettaton wouldn't just talk to that guy for no reason.

[Unless...]

mirrorton's like a stalker though

stalkers are manipulative, right?

i dont know
i mean
idk what mirrorton is doing???
i kind of make it a thing to not talk to the mirrors tbh
but you think mirrorton's convinced him hes like
bad or something?
or to just pay attention to him

that might just be a scarier thought

yeah, same. generally.

but i dunno. that kinda seems like what's happening

like...since when does metta have such a low opinion of himself?

he's not like

you know, he's not like us

so the fact that he's kinda acting like it is

yeah. scary.

['Not like us'. God, suddenly she's glad this is over text, because she can feel her immediate, physical reaction to that sentence, as the memories swim through her brain of him just being corporeal enough to take her hand as he cried about who he'd never be. About the conversations they used to have in his room, to places they'd never go, dreams they thought they'd never achieve.

Not like us.

Sans, don't you know Alphys only gets that close to a certain kind of people?

She doesn't know how to befriend anyone who hasn't had a deep gulf of sadness cut through their life, spit them out, and reshape them into who they are.]

i mean its
hes a big personality but that doesnt mean hes strong all the time
maybe his mirror said some things and

i dont know what to do
unless we know like exactly whats going on

no, yeah. i know that.

[Like Papyrus. Even Papyrus has off days, and he tries so hard to hide it, because Sans puts him on a pedestal. Sans makes Papyrus feel like he has to be perfect, all the time.]

[Some brother Sans is.]

i don't know either.

how do you stop a stalker?

especially when the person being stalked might not think it's bad

maybe we can just
encourage him?
like be there for and support him but
i dont know what we can do if he doesnt admit it
unless we like lock him up or something but
we dont know everything thats going on
that might not work for us

i guess so

that makes sense

i just don't know how immediate this is

like if this is the sort of thing to act right away on or what

i've never dealt with something like this before

[Manipulative jerks, sure. Stalkers? Not so much. There's too many differences for him to be any real help...right?]

yeah i
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

okay. okay.
we dont have full proof.
and if we charge into this it wont work.
i think we should just keep an eye on him
and keep talking to each other about it
until we have like
a support group?
and then we can go in

or something

like...

an intervention?

yes i think so
something like that
if you think it'd work???

i guess we can hope

i just

i don't really have any experience with this sort of thing

manipulation, sure, but that's kinda different

right?

i dont either
its probably this place getting to him
a lot of stress, you know
and i mean
if his mirrors convinced him or w/e
like who knows you better than "you" right even if its not really you
my mirror burned that bridge p early but if his didnt
idk :/

that, yeah

and probably interpersonal stuff too

all us from the underground we're kinda always

getting into shit aren't we?

his mirror was probably waiting for metta to feel alone

that makes sense right?

people get hurt the most when they're already feeling

yanno, vulnerable

i mean
a monsters SOUL is tied to emotion and intent
his mirror would know that
even if im not sure they have the same consequences

i think we just
we gotta keep an eye on him
keep talking about this
dont...
heh
dont forget it
yeah?

[Don't forget. Never.]

yeah

just everyone stay on top of this i guess

and we can't let him just sweep it under the rug

just keep being his friend

[And Sans did a great job of that one, didn't he?]

okay. yeah
ill let you know if i learn anything else???
and uhm
please tell me too
if you see or hear anything
ok?

yeah. best if we all keep each other posted

i've let napsta know

and chara and frisk already know

neither of them are talking to me but they might talk to you

why are they n
you know what you dont
you dont have to tell me
ill keep them updated
and ill see what i can figure out about
everything
ok?

thank you

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