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[redshitlord]

HELP OK SO

UM

I NEED TO KNOW LIKE WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU ASK SOMEONE TO GO DO SOMETHING AND THEY SAY YES

ALSO WHEN YOU KIND OF MAYBE



THINK THEYRE REALLY COOL ??? IN A LOT OF WAYS

TAILGTE SAYS BRING A PRESENT AND TALK ABOUT YROUSELF BUT ?????



HOW DO I DO THIS HELP ITS IMPORTANT

[No, it's really not that important. He's just panicking and completely misreading a situation. Whoops.]

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[redshitlord]

Middle aged? So... like... what? A thousand?

[warandpeace]

Our lives are a little shorter than that.

I'm thirty-eight.

[Luckily he still looks a little younger. He's vain enough to worry about his appearance. It makes it sort of funny, though, talking to someone that has no concept of human age.]

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[straightouttacarbonite]

I could ask him myself. How are you not?

[He doesn't actually mean to be a jerk about it, just by everything he knows about... Well, everything... What else could a giant robot be? An impractically big droid, sure, but still.]

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[redshitlord]

Uhhh, because I'm an Autobot? Duh.

And, y'know, the whole "actually alive" thing.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

You're not mechanical?

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[redshitlord]

Yeah. And you're made of like. Organic stuff or whatever.

We're "mechanical life forms".

[Thank you Bee for that one.]

Emphasis on the 'life form'.

[redshitlord]

Whoa, seriously?

That's like... younger than me.

[warandpeace]

We only get seventy to eighty some years if we're lucky.

Short lifespans.

[redshitlord]

... wait so.

You're like, almost halfway dead?

[warandpeace]

[And then there's that realization he actually only has twenty more years. Nothing like being reminded you get assassinated in your home and left for days.]

...Something like that.

[redshitlord]

Dude... That's... awful.

I'm sorry.

[warandpeace]

As long as I keep my remaining arm and leg until the end, I'll be fine.

But point stands. I don't think it ever feels easy.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

But how's that different from droids?

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[redshitlord]

I dunno, maybe the whole "actually alive and not just programmed code" thing?

[redshitlord]

... your what?

You sure? Because that kinda sucks if it's true.

[warandpeace]

People wouldn't bother with anyone else if there was no payout. So hard or not, it's gotta be worth something.

My arm and leg. I'm a double amputee. Had to get prosthetics on the ship.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Well how am I supposed to tell the difference?

So how--

[He cuts off sharply, not sure if he actually wants the answer to the question he's on the verge of asking.]

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[redshitlord]

Because I'm actually telling you right now?

... how what?

[redshitlord]

Worth something... yeah. Yeah, dude, I get you.

Whoa. Like... Anakin?

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Didn't someone build you?

[Otherwise, where do they come from...?]

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[redshitlord]

Uhhh... Dunno?

I wasn't exactly like. Conscious for the whole building thing? Or paying attention when they explained it?

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Well you've gotta come from somewhere.

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[redshitlord]

The All Spark.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Okay, I have no idea what that means.

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[redshitlord]

It's where sparks come from.

The... shiny things we've all got in us that like. Power us and make us ... us?