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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"Notbutter." Logan grins. "'Cultured edible oil spread's the fancy name."

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"It's made out of oil?" Megan asks, puzzled by this. "Isn't there any cream? That's what we always made butter out of."

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"Butter's the oil outta the cream, darlin'," he explains. "'N nope. No cows here."

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"No goats or sheep either?" Megan asks. It seems very strange to her not to have animals that she's grown up thinking of as basic necessities. "We have cows and sheep and goats at home. And Quint has a miltank, which almost looks like a strange sort of cow but it's not."

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"Nope. We try not t' bring in anythin' that ain't native t' the planet," says Logan, reaching for a bun himself.

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"What is native here, then?" Ice asks curiously.

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"Little flyin' lizards, some dang big bats, small deer that bark, 'n some kinda thing that eats 'em. All kinds'a stuff in the river. 'N some dogs 'n fish up in the desert."

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"Lizards?" Ice asks. Before he even finishes saying the word, there's a pop of displaced chilly air and a blue fire lizard settles on his head. The blue-haired Alpha looks embarrassed. Leaving pets at home doesn't always work when they're empathically linked to you and can teleport.

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Cut chuckles, as do a few of the others. "Looks like Frosty thought you meant him," the oldest Alpha comments.

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Logan takes a deep breath to settle his instincts, then shakes his head slightly. "Naw ours're smaller, 'bout sparrow size. 'N they only got four limbs."

He points sternly to the blue. "You stay in here, bub. No runnin' 'round 'n harrassin' the native wildlife."

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Frostflower gives a chitter back and then climbs down to Ice's shoulder. Why would he go anywhere? His person is here, and there is food coming.

Ice fights an urge to facepalm. "He won't be staying. He's going to go home. I told him to stay there."

Despite this, the lizard hasn't budged yet, chittering disagreement at Ice. Frosty wants to stay with Ice! Ice shouldn't leave him behind and go places without him.

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"Aww, let 'im stay." Logan shakes his head, but then starts clearing the table as his sister arrives with a massive pizza on a wooden slab.

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Oil pauses with a third not-buttered bun halfway to his mouth. "we won't be in trouble because he's here? I thought restaurants didn't like if you bring pets." Then he sees the pizza and Frostflower's arrival is forgotten.

The bun he's holding isn't, and he looks from it to the pizza and back before quickly popping it in his mouth to get it out of the way.

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Elec can't help laughing at this.

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Cut snickers as well, "Oil, the way you eat, you're lucky robots can't choke to death."

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Frostflower chirps, tail wrapped around Ice's neck for balance as he perches on the little Alpha's sholder. Ice realises he'll just have to give up on any chance of convincing the little fire lizard to go home.. Getting a fire lizard to leave food is more trouble than anyone wants.