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[fuckinstoplights]

[There is a young man in an eyepatch, and loose green clothing sitting on a phone booth. Right up on top of it. His knees pulled up to his chest. It's pretty weird to see a guy up on a phone booth. But, hey, maybe he has a good reason for it.]

[Someone's talking to him, but they're off-camera. He looks like he's trying to figure out how to work this thing, while they're talking.]

-- It's really okay. No one's going to hurt you if you come down.

[The skittish-looking guy glances down, over the edge of the phone booth. There's a flash of something dark, and concerned-looking, as he ends up angling his device thing for a better look.]

[He shakes his head.]

But you can't sleep up there...

[A little shrug.]

It doesn't matter. I'm here to fight, so I can go home.

You don't know how long that's going to take. Please come down.

No.

[And that seems like all he's going to say. Until he actually looks at what he's recording, anyway.]

Where do I start fighting?

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

[Wheeljack would be happy to answer that for you, Kagerou, but he's flat on the pavement now, muttering a string of robot curses along the way.]

Ugghh...

[Slowly, he stands himself up, stretching his back.]

Yeah, they transform.

[Action]

[fuckinstoplights]

Go back. To the other thing you said.

... Are you an AI?

Maybe you should see if he's all right...

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[wheeljackofalltrades]

Ngh...Give me a moment.

[He puts a hand to his head, shaking the wooziness out before he's able to process that.]

AI? No. Cybertronian. Uh...'giant alien robot' I think I've been called.

[Action]

[fuckinstoplights]

... How can you be a robot if you aren't AI...?

[Meanwhile, he's noticed how close the hell muppet is, and... scoots away a little.]

[Action]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

We're not made by humans, kid. We're born.

[He's just going to stretch his back now. Don't mind him.]

[Action]

[fuckinstoplights]

Born?

Only humans are born.

[Action]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

Wouldn't bet on it, if I were you.

[Speaking of you, he looks at her and snaps his fingers, pointing to his side.]

Hey, we're born too, you know!

[Action]

[fuckinstoplights]

I don't... understand.

You don't look like a robot.

[Neither do you, Kagebird.]

[Action]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

...


[Jazz hands.]

Surprise. Neither do you.

[Action]

[fuckinstoplights]

[His shoulders slowly start to hunch up, and he crouches a little lower to the top of the phone booth.]

I know.