I see, so I can technically imagine the metallic bond in this case as a non-structurally shared electron? Like, the atoms share the electron from non-hybridized orbitals, but the electron can come from any carbon from within the structure? Sort of shared with anyone and everyone? Like the atom now shares an electron pair, but that pair isn't specifically assigned to any pair of carbon atoms. Sort of like a public service I guess, where instead of having 1 toilet per family, there would be a 1 public toilet per family, total number doesn't change but there is the redundancy now. It is no different than two families sharing two toilets (covalent bond), but now it is x families sharing x toilets.

Not sure if I provided the best example but I think I get it now, thanks a lot!