One squishy and eight robots walk into a cafe...

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Megan looks around the room as they enter, her adoptive 'brothers' - in this case the full eight-member set of Alpha Squadron - not far away. It was late afternoon at home, since they didn't want her staying up too late or to be late for school when it started up again. But they had little idea what time it would be here.

But Time and Oil were spending the night, which made it a perfect opportunity for a little 'welcome to the family' evening out with their new little sister.

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"Slide in," he says amiably. "I needta keep this end open fer my wife."

There's plenty of room for the boys... and they and Megan might catch hints of some sort of happy mental tune that doesn't seem to be focused on them so much as just being broadcast freely and softly to anyone in range.

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Cut looks at the seating, then looks up at Guts, and back at the seating. He gives it a poke. "Eh..." The oldest Alpha looks around again and finally spots a big empty chair he can drag over.

While he's doing that, the smaller Alphas slide into sitting places.

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A small boy with brown hair pauses to push the chair by way of helping, then zooms off again, and then a very tall and slender furry black girl pauses to offer comfortable wooden booster seats.

"Thanks, Mmureen," says Logan, watching the big guy, who looks a little uneasy to him.

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Guts settles into the big chair once it's oin place, and looks around at the crowd as if he's almost afraid to move for fear of accidentally squashing someone. "There are lots of little people here."

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"Thank you," Ice chirps as cutely as he can manage. Booster seats would help a lot.

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The purple-haired boy next to him sighs. "Yeah, thanks." Time wasn't as fond of the reminder that he'd been designed to look small and cute.

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Oil, Bomb, and Megan - being a bit small for her age - also end up on booster seats. After a second's consideration, Cut decides to try one too. The rest of the Alphas are big enough to manage without them.

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Logan looks at the big guy, then pushes what was under his hand gently across the table. "Here, hold that 'n letter sing t' ya. It'll help."

'Her' is a pretty clear pebble with a glowing, winking star at its center. It's also the source of the mental song.

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"Careful," Bomb adds to his much larger sibling as Guts reaches to pick up the singing pebble.

"Pretty," Guts says, being very careful as he picks it up. The crowd seems forgotten as he listens to the music.

"That oughtta keep him amused for a few hours," comments Cut.

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"Helps keep me in line." Logan chuckles, then looks up as the landlady (the female Logan who suggested this city for Megan to school at) brings over the notcoffee pot. "Yeah, gimme some 'o that."

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There's a familiar face. Elec looks up and gives her a grin.

Megan's sitting next to him, still just quietly curious about this place.

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Logan grins back after pouring her twin his joe. "Hey, kid. What'll ya have?"

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Instead of giving an answer himself, Ice looks to Megan. The only girl in the little group looks up just a bit shyly. "Do you have pizza?"