IT IS. I SPENT SIX YEARS IN THIS FORM. MY BODY WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT WITH THE INTENTION OF MY MORE HUMANOID FORM BEING THE DEFAULT, BUT THAT PROMISE WAS. [If he actually used a tongue to talk, he'd be stilling it. Alphys isn't here to defend herself. She apologized. He forgives her. Is there really a reason to slander her?

Mettaton crosses his arms, drumming his fingers against corrugated metal now as he thinks of a kinder word.] DELAYED.