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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"What do you mean?" she asks. Right now, she had pizza. Or did he mean with her lessons before or with the fire...

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"Schoolin' wise. How good're ya with readin'... 'n what language?"

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"I'm good at reading. At least, with English and German. I'm not as good at reading Japanese, but Ice said that was ok because Japanese takes longer to learn. Ice has been trying to teach me German and Japanese, and I tried to learn Mother Keri's language but wasn't very good at it."

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"We have her school records," Ice says, "but the way Mother Keri's people handled schooling was a little unusual. The records are all on parchment scrolls from monthly reviews and testing."

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Logan nods to Ice and grins at Megan. "Sounds like yer doin' good fer somebody yer age. How 'bout math?"

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It may have helped that they didn't have a TV.

"Math, I'm not so good at," she admits.

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"Nothin' wrong with that," he says reassuringly. "They'll give y' a run 'a tests t' see where ya oughtta be, anyway."

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Megan nods at that, taking another bite of pizza.

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"We've never had to deal with that kind of paperwork," Elec says, "but we're going to have to learn."