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[Surprise. A video feed from the local recluse. Bird-ninja. Robot. Anyway.]

[After a certain conversation with someone who will remain nameless, certain concerns have arisen.]

[... Never mind he's sitting in a medbay, hooked up to a generator, no. There are far more important things to consider than that.]

When you refuel... where do you put it? [After a beat, he clarifies.] Those of you who weren't made by humans.

Do you drink it? Or... do something else?

[THIS IS IMPORTANT OKAY. For friendship purposes.]

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I'm not quite the target audience since I was made by humans, but I do it like humans do.

[She squints slightly.]

Why so curious about the refueling habits of other robots?

[WOW you're strange looking. But... he turns into the Batmobile, he's really in no place to judge.]

You drink it?

[He shifts a bit.]

I was... told I was doing it wrong. I wanted to check.

Yeah. Well, eat it, technically. I recharge with energy crystals.

[:c Now that's not nice.]

Hey, refueling is refueling. There's no wrong way to do it. But just for curiosity's sake, how do you refuel?

Crystals?

She got very upset over it. [He then looks down. Pointedly.] In front. With a hatch.

Yes, they're small blue and green crystals. I convert those into the fuel I need.

Oh. OH. I see. Was she a human? Humans tend to be rather...weird about that.

I've never heard of anything like that.

Yes. She's human. Are they always so odd about fuel?

I'm starting to realize I'm probably the only one here who needs them.

Well, it's...not the fuel they're weird about.

[Oh god is she really giving this robot the talk?]

That part of their anatomy is used for an entirely different function.

Do they exist here? I was told there isn't any gasoline... and so... [He gestures at the generator.]

I have to use this.

[But then she mentions different functions and... he looks... blank.]

[It's like you can hear it going WHOOSH over his head.]

I hope so. I'm starting to get low on fuel.

[She winces. If Harpuia or Fafnir ever found out about this, she'd never live it down.]

That part of their anatomy is used for human reproduction. And for some reason humans get...embarrassed by anything that makes them think of it. And you refueling in that fashion...

Have you asked?

[He still looks horribly confused.]

[But wait.]

[It's. Slowly beginning to dawn.]

[No.]

[That doesn't make any sense.]

[Why would that even.]

It's only a hatch!

[sdfhsjd why is this so flustering?]

I plan to.

[She shrugs, offering a slightly bemused smile.]

Were you made by humans, dear?

[... dear?]

Yes. In Japan.

[Shh, just accept her nickname-giving ways.]

...

[Leviathan rubs a hand across her face, hiding her absolutely bewildered expression for a moment.]

I am honestly confused about why humans would build you that way.

It seemed fine until... until I was told otherwise.

If that's the way you were built, then it's fine. Don't let someone else tell you that it's wrong just because of their own hang-ups about it.

It upset her.

And... she called herself my friend.

[He doesn't want to upset someone who wants to be his friend.]

Unless you have another way to refuel, there's not much you can do about it, though.

[She looks mildly apologetic at not having a solution for Kagerou.]

The other robots are saying they drink their fuel... but I don't know if that would be feasible for someone like me.

[He's already bunking at the medbay for now, he doesn't want to make it worse.]

I would say to try it, but you never know what might happen. Are they the same type of robot that you are?

Everyone who's responded is... different.

[They're all Cybertronian.]

Ah, so maybe you shouldn't try it. Is there anyone here who shares your frame type that you can ask?

There are... a few, yes.

[But he's honestly unsure about asking them. Reassurances or not... at least one of them made it very clear he isn't trusted.]

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