[Mettaton wants to ignore that question. Because truthfully, he's got no plan at all. As it is, he does sidestep it pretty obviously.]

Well why don't we just talk some more about how things are? I must have missed a bit! How long was I gone? Was it only a few days like last time?

Are we able to go home yet, I wonder? We can't stay in Rinzler's home forever.

[It's very awkward there, alright? He got into a fight with the program, and that probably didn't help clearing the air. Dying? Even less so, Mettaton imagines.]