That was not at all the response Mettaton expected. Why does he seem to take the failures of the resistance so... personally? What is he, some beacon of morality?

"I... well, thank you. It's appreciated, all the same."

He's still a little off-kilter over how nice this human is, but then realizes... he never asked his name.

"In all this talk about me, I never asked about you. What's your name?"