[Sometimes Asriel forgot that Mettaton needed a place to recharge - in a literal sense. This planet must have been hard on him, with it's sheer lack of resources. He wonders if the Velocity Raptor could have helped in some way, but he doesn't know enough about robots to guess.

Asriel resumes laying his head on Mettaton, and he's free to continue to the hair ruffling.]

I would've helped you...

[It wasn't that simple. He knows it's not. And with how he's behaved the past few weeks, he wouldn't have been the kind of travel companion that Mettaton needed. It wasn't like Asriel couldn't have reached out either, but instead he tried to isolate himself in his despair too.]

I missed you too. All this traveling and finding food and stuff felt a lot longer without you here.