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[The video shoots on suddenly, showing what appears to be a very upset woman. Judging by how the feed bobs up and down and the even more obvious moving scenery, it looks like she's walking around the city while she glares into that feed.

This can only go well.]

Okay, I wanna know who the fraggin' genius was who--

Hey! That is not what we said we were using the D-Terminal for!

[She's cut off by a child-like voice, its friendly tone a huge contrast in comparison to her much more stern one.]

You have to be nice. Here, I'll teach you how! Lemme see that.

You better not--

[But it's too late, the device is snatched from her hands and put in front of a much more happier face. The big, blue eyes of Tapirmon seem to sparkle with delight as he addresses everyone in the city.]

Hi everybody! I'm Tapirmon!

[Seriously, he sounds like he's five.]

My, um, partner needs help. Help with being...um, I know the word... "organic".

[He beams at his ability to remember Arcee's plight. That is, her struggles with suddenly being human. There's no easy way to say it, she's not really sure what to do. ...And it's not like small tapir monsters can help her out.]

Just so we're clear, this thing is not my partner.

[Might as well throw that in. Anyone want it? She can't seem to shake it it.]

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[She has to admit, he has a point. Not that she feels like admitting it out loud or anything.]

When it comes to taste, sure. My regular refueling was a lot less...complicated.

[I mean, it's going to be when you only have one food source. What's this balancing nonsense?

Anyway, the burger comment grabs her attention.]

J--[Wait, no, better not use names] Friend of mine works in fast food, I know what a burger is. Not so sure if I wanna try something that ...oozes.

[No offense to burgers out there.]

[Brightens instantly]

Tofu doesn't ooze! I mean...usually.

There's lots of ways to prepare meat. Don't worry about it. We can even take you shopping if you need it.

Aw yeah! I used to go shopping with Cyborg and Raven all the time back home.

All three of you?

Well see I wanted Vegetarian stuff. Cy wanted nothing but meat. Star would buy just about anything she thought even looked like food so Robin and or Raven had to come help us.

Supervise you.

Exactly. That's your job now.

Oh joy. [This partnership just gets better and better]

Anyway, that's eating. What would you like to learn next?

[Don't know, Psychemon, tofu is starting to sound pretty good by comparison. Arcee has seen some pretty nasty burger-related messes before. It was bad enough when she was made of metal, she'd hate to see something like that happen to these clothes...]

Think I might stick with tofu for now.

[Tofu was, again, something she was at least familiar with.]

I don't know, I still like the candy and juice idea!

[Even though the box is empty, Tapirmon continues to suck on his straw playfully. Of course, Arcee ignores this and goes back to her lessons.]

Let's talk recharging. How do you do it?

Recharging...kinda like Cyborg. OK that's easy. See you're already halfway there. Food and drink gives you energy. Your body takes the good stuff from food and drink and pumps it into your blood and brains and stuff.

The rest of it is by sleeping. Do you know about sleeping?

Oddly enough this isn't the weirdest conversation we've had.

[The mention of Cyborg seems to give her some kind of confidence, it means this kid knows something with what she deals with. That is, if her definition of a cyborg is the same as his. She's seen them mentioned on TV before; robot people, right? Arcee never thought she'd see the day when she regrets not paying more attention to the TV.]

I know what sleeping is. [It's like the human equivalent to a power down.] I just have no idea how to start it up.

Oh well that's easy! Your body will tire out on it's own. You'll feel like, sluggish. Your eyelids will droop...

[acting out these things, over acting terribly]

So what you do then is go to your bed, or some other safe place to sleep. Since we all get dorms we can find your bed there!

So it just...happens? Huh... That explains a lot...

Oh oh! Pick me!

[Tapirmon seems a bit too excited to talk about sleeping.]

I know aaaallll about sleeping, so if you're having a hard time, you can always ask!! I'll try really hard not to eat your dreams.

[He beams.]

...Thanks.

Wait, you can eat dreams? Dude harsh.

I guess we all have our skills.

Hey, don't knock it 'till you try it! Eating nightmares turns them back into good dreams, thank you very much.

I really wouldn't call that a skill...

I dunno...if it really works like that, I mean taking away nightmares could really help people out!

So we've covered food and sleep...just the basics really but we're still here if any questions should come up.

[Arcee mulls it over for a bit, but she thinks she's good for now. In fact, she nods to herself before finally looking back to Psychemon and 'Changeling'.]

Thanks... for everything. You've been more help than I asked for.

Hey anytime! Any questions you have you just give me a call!

Oh! So now that we're sharing, tell me about you!

[Well there's something she didn't expect to hear.]

I don't know if you wanna learn about me, kid, none of my life is exactly pretty.

[Just a tad bit of bitterness in her voice. However, there is at least something she can tell him.]

But you can call me Arcee.

[Looks unsure but shakes it off easily]

I don't mind, we've all got rough patches in our lives. I mean if you don't wanna talk about it I won't make you but, I'm still interested.

[Grins brighter]

Arcee! Cool~ Has a great ring to it.

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