[Both of them do know it, and it would be wasting time just going through that anyway, so Bruce does appreciate Mettaton skipping over it - Bruce isn't sure how well he would have taken that, anyway.

But that aside--]

I should know better than that. [He says quietly, and in a way almost tiredly, too.] And I do know. Its just...

[Bruce trails off and sighs, sharp and sudden, and shakes his head.]

Its frustrating, not being able to stop it no matter what any of us tries to do.