Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24973452-20160905181416/@comment-27907368-20161001051237

* H... THEY ALREADY HUNG UP.
 * NO, WAIT! WAIT, BL...

Hmm, I can see this in two separate ways.

My initial reaction is that Mettaton was going to say "Hello" or "Hello," and he then explained to the protagonist (or camera) that Blooky had already hung up.

However, there is the thought that ghosts are genderless, while a ghost within a body (Mettaton) can have a gender. Undyne refers to ghost Mettaton as "they" in passing, though she may just have forgotten the ghost's gender all together...


 * Hey, what was their name, anyway?

Perhaps Mettaton identifies Napstablook as a male, similar to himself. Mettaton then may have realized that this is technically incorrect and changed "he" to "they" to be more accurate.

Both work for me, honestly. I thought Napstablook was a male when I first met them in the Ruins but later realized that I did this mostly because they remind me of a male friend that I have.