[AUDIO TRANSMISSION: ALPHA TRION'S TEMPLE]

[dinnerdate]

... There's a good amount of humans here, right? So, uhh...

[Being social. It's clear that Dead End hasn't been social in a long time. But when you spend most of your time brooding in the dark, you don't really have much time to talk to people... About things that aren't power cores and death.]

Someone want to tell me about your species? ... Maybe?

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[video]

[dinnerdate]

Wouldn't you die easy though?

I guess it is? I'm not a scientist or a medic, so I don't really know all that much...

[video]

[drpaperairplanesmd]

I guess so, but you'd be surprised. The human body can be extremely resilient. It really depends. I've seen some remarkable examples of survival where I've worked. On Earth, we have little creatures called ants - a type of insect, or bug. We view ants as you would view us. Weak, helpless, living in a chaotic world with their lives are constantly at stake.

But did you know, ants are fairly intelligent creatures that live off their own society and caste system, as well as order and structure. They're brilliant architects, too, if you ever look at their work. There's many animals on our planet we easily dominate in either terms of intellect, strength or both, that have been on Earth far longer than we ever have.

So, I suppose, to your people, we are pretty much ants. But again, we're very smart, hard working ants. [chuckles]

Right. I should ask one of your medics. Who are they, by the way? I've spoken to two - Ambulon and Ratchet - but are there more...?

[video]

[dinnerdate]

Caste system huh... And how's that work for them?

[Oh. He's so bad at answering questions. Good job Dead End, more things to fail at and be hated for.]

...I'm not sure if there's any more. They all seem to be Autobots, so I just tend to avoid them.

[video]

[drpaperairplanesmd]

I imagine just fine? I mean, we can't very well ask. [smirk] Leafcutter ants have been around for over fifty million years - which is a very, very long time on our planet. So I imagine they're doing well. You know, one colony can support up to eight million colonists. In 2011, the population of the state I live in was 8,821,155; compare that to just one ant colony!

[headtilt] You don't seem the type of Decepticon I've been hearing about. You're relatively friendly, in fact. Will the Autobots refuse to treat you? Is there no one you can go to if you need help?

[video]

[dinnerdate]

Must be nice.

The Autobots hate me, I doubt they'd help if I ever needed it. It's fine, I'm going to die eventually anyway.

[video]

[drpaperairplanesmd]

It is, but not always.

[Martha purses her lips] I have a hard time believing that. Surely there has to be one doctor that will see you? Have you tried approaching anyone? Maybe it's fear holding you back?

[video]

[dinnerdate]

Every Autobot I've spoken to has basically admitted they hate me. It's fine, I'm used to it.

[video]

[drpaperairplanesmd]

Every single one? Here, on this planet, or the universe you come from?

It just... I don't know. I think you may be overreacting.

[video]

[dinnerdate]

Here, where I'm from. They're the enemy though, so I'm not going to blame them for hating me.