"Oh, only the one time, thus far." He says it with a smile; no this was not remotely scientific. "Open-minded as I am, it's not as though I'm eager to tie my soul to every passing mortal."

Though his standards had certainly changed since he'd first arrived. He was entirely willing now to Bond to people he didn't know particularly well, so long as his initial impression wasn't terrible and the whim struck him. It wasn't as though considering his Bonds carefully had worked out at all, while his careless one to Mettaton had, so- he's ended up a bit fatalistic about it. Success or failure was as good as random.

"But if I find my way into another overbonded situation, I can keep you informed as to its success."

But he waves off the idea after a moment regardless. "Who knows, perhaps you can find yourself someone suitably impressionable and inoffensive. Not that I expect you'll be looking."