[Let's hope there is never an impassioned public moment where he nearly blurts out the wrong name! Mettaton is terrible at separating identities from their owners once they align in his mind, but he really does take it to heart when Emet-Selch states his terms. The worst that could happen is the slip of a soft "H," or a tease of its following vowel, which isn't... terrible, in comparison.
He's glad to have this name, and holds it dear. Knowing few others have it makes it more precious, even if Mettaton doesn't understand why one would keep their very name, important as it is to him, private from the world.
With one more kiss of his own, less lingering and more like a follow-up for a chance at contact, something of a confirmation, Mettaton nods.]
Understood. And so I don't assume these identities... Warriors of Light?
[Imagine knowing what he knows and not knowing what a Warrior of Light is. Apparently Mira's a Warrior of Light, he gathers, but...]
Who are the others?
[Aefenglom's Monster, his idea of monster. Mikasa's underground, his own Underground. There have been several times where Mettaton's encountered overlapping terms that mean completely different things to different people. Why should it be different that others had their own Warriors of Light, by chance? It sounded like a mythic title, and there were plenty of such heroes gathered here. It wouldn't be great if he found some other "Warrior of Light" and assumed the wrong thing, so he'd rather know.]
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He's glad to have this name, and holds it dear. Knowing few others have it makes it more precious, even if Mettaton doesn't understand why one would keep their very name, important as it is to him, private from the world.
With one more kiss of his own, less lingering and more like a follow-up for a chance at contact, something of a confirmation, Mettaton nods.]
Understood. And so I don't assume these identities... Warriors of Light?
[Imagine knowing what he knows and not knowing what a Warrior of Light is. Apparently Mira's a Warrior of Light, he gathers, but...]
Who are the others?
[Aefenglom's Monster, his idea of monster. Mikasa's underground, his own Underground. There have been several times where Mettaton's encountered overlapping terms that mean completely different things to different people. Why should it be different that others had their own Warriors of Light, by chance? It sounded like a mythic title, and there were plenty of such heroes gathered here. It wouldn't be great if he found some other "Warrior of Light" and assumed the wrong thing, so he'd rather know.]