What a terrible feeling. Understandable under the circumstances, but terrible nonetheless. And considering Mettaton's words... Emet-Selch isn't about to tell him that he shouldn't feel that way. If it wasn't quite a betrayal of his companions, it was quite unkind behavior. Selfish and cowardly- but tinged with desperation, he imagined. To desire everything that corporeality entailed, to the point of abandoning all else. It didn't strike him as an easy or even careless decision.
Or perhaps since he cared about him, Emet-Selch was willing to make more concessions for his behavior. Or because he could feel some of the weight of how his choices had settled on him. The Ascian had wondered what had lay beyond Mettaton's usual cheer and exuberance, and... all of this seemed to be an answer.
Turning his head, he rests his lips against the side of Mettaton's face, allowing them to linger there, as though distracted by his thoughts. But he eventually pushes himself up enough to observe his face, expression neutral, serious- even as his soul remains circling warmly around him, latching on in return.]
The benefit to immortality... is that it affords you time to reconnect.
[Even if Mettaton had abandoned them for some time without a trace... with patience, and considering there had been no malicious intent- he thought it was possible to be forgiven. But though the idol said he would tell them- Emet-Selch was skeptical. It'd be an easy thing to continue putting off, indefinitely. Avoiding the immediate pain in favor of... long-term pain and continued guilt. He sighs, inwardly.]
Do you fear losing their admiration? Disappointing them, somehow...? It'll no doubt be an unpleasant experience for you both... but in the long term, wouldn't they prefer to have a person close to them return, rather than idolize a stranger from a distance?
[Mettaton's last comment gets a slightly uncomfortable look, but neither agreement nor denial. It was true- but it was a terrible thing to recognize as true.]
Well... I hope you do tell them, when you're given the chance to.
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What a terrible feeling. Understandable under the circumstances, but terrible nonetheless. And considering Mettaton's words... Emet-Selch isn't about to tell him that he shouldn't feel that way. If it wasn't quite a betrayal of his companions, it was quite unkind behavior. Selfish and cowardly- but tinged with desperation, he imagined. To desire everything that corporeality entailed, to the point of abandoning all else. It didn't strike him as an easy or even careless decision.
Or perhaps since he cared about him, Emet-Selch was willing to make more concessions for his behavior. Or because he could feel some of the weight of how his choices had settled on him. The Ascian had wondered what had lay beyond Mettaton's usual cheer and exuberance, and... all of this seemed to be an answer.
Turning his head, he rests his lips against the side of Mettaton's face, allowing them to linger there, as though distracted by his thoughts. But he eventually pushes himself up enough to observe his face, expression neutral, serious- even as his soul remains circling warmly around him, latching on in return.]
The benefit to immortality... is that it affords you time to reconnect.
[Even if Mettaton had abandoned them for some time without a trace... with patience, and considering there had been no malicious intent- he thought it was possible to be forgiven. But though the idol said he would tell them- Emet-Selch was skeptical. It'd be an easy thing to continue putting off, indefinitely. Avoiding the immediate pain in favor of... long-term pain and continued guilt. He sighs, inwardly.]
Do you fear losing their admiration? Disappointing them, somehow...? It'll no doubt be an unpleasant experience for you both... but in the long term, wouldn't they prefer to have a person close to them return, rather than idolize a stranger from a distance?
[Mettaton's last comment gets a slightly uncomfortable look, but neither agreement nor denial. It was true- but it was a terrible thing to recognize as true.]
Well... I hope you do tell them, when you're given the chance to.