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[allyisun]

[Here's Allison, standing in front of her little café]

So, good news for once? The All You've Got Café is now officially open.

Hurray!

[She throws a small handful of confetti made of a shredded paper napkin into the air, looking less enthused than she sounds and kind of nervous.]

Come get your caffeine and whipcream fix.

[She'll be here, lounging in a chair behind the counter - standing is for people who aren't running their own café - underneath the display that reads "Don't be a dink if you want a drink".]

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[daintylegs]

I have no idea what caffeine and whipcream is, but it sounds good!

[That's not entirely true. He has an idea what they are, but their function somewhat eludes him. He is, after all, a giant metal alien.]

Do you have any, um, chocolate?

[He says, attempting to sound like he's not completely clueless on the subject.]

[allyisun]

[Oh hey, it's a robot! Or one of those Cybertrillians or Whatever.]

We have hot chocolate. That's like, uh, liquid chocolate. With milk or water.

Coffee's, like, an energizing drink and whipcream is when you, well, whip cream. Until it's light and fluffy.

Um. Can you actually eat human food?

[Seriously she's looking a bit baffled here.]

[daintylegs]

...Ye-esss.

[Tailgate says very, very slowly.]

I wouldn't mind trying some!

[allyisun]

[Allison squints suspiciously.]

That didn't sound very certain.

[daintylegs]

Well, uh.

Yolo?

[allyisun]

Look, uh, guy- [Are robots guys?] -I don't want to be known as that girl who short-circuited a robot because he tried to drink her hot chocolate.

[She really doesn't want to accidentally join the murder brigade.]

[daintylegs]

I'm not a robot, so I find that very offensive!

[Tailgate says, only mildly offended by her remark.]

Trust me! It takes more than chocolate to kill one of us.

[allyisun]

Shit. Sorry? Are you a- are you what that Riptide guy is?

[Dammit, how does she say this without sounding racist against metal people? Uuugh.]

And, like, how do I tell the difference between you and a robot?

[daintylegs]

It's easy! Cybertronians are alive and robots are not. We're not made by anyone but ourselves, and robots are usually made by organics to serve some kind of purpose.

That's my understanding of it anyway.

[allyisun]

Okay, so... I get that there's a difference. But I still don't get how to tell the difference.

I mean, should I just ask every... Um. Metal person? If they're a Cybertronian or not?