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[The voice is small, barely above a whisper. She's hoarse and exhausted from the battle.] Hello everyone. I am Doctor Oenone Zero, of the Green Storm ressurection corps. I want to give my most heartfelt thanks to everyone who just assisted me in the defense of the village of Seahaven and to the crew of this...landship for allowing me to stay here for a bit. I was cut off from any backup. If you hadn't shown up...I, I don't know what would've happened. That town woud have been demolished for materials to build Springwheeled even larger and its people made into slaves to work in the town's guts.

In case you've never seen one before, that was a Mobile City. Most of them survive by catching and "devouring" other mobile cities and static settlements. That was only a middling sized one, not one of the big urbivores, so if you hear of one in the area, be very careful.

My stalker squad is with me as well. Those are the five cyborg-creatures, each around eight feet tall. While they're fearsome in battle and they look rather scary, don't be scared of them. They can't move while they're switched off and even if they weren't, they need an operator to give them commands.

As a surgeon-mechanic of the ressurections corps, I am qualified to install, build and maintain any kind of prosthetic. If you should ever need that kind of help, please don't hesitate to contact me.

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The woman who sent the distress signal is small and slight, with dyed green hair. She wears a worn uniform, with a green lightning bolt on one tricep and a grinning death's head with a cyborg eye on the other. You can find her one of several places on the chalice:

1: Right after the mission and transferring Wendell to someone who can help him, rather than merely stabilize his conditions, she stumbles out of her airship, exhausted, tears staining her cheeks. Battle doesn't agree with her, it seems. She'd thought she was dead several times over.

2: Reassuring her birds. Their feathers are mixed with the metallic and their gears whine and click when they move, but they hop and move like living birds and seem to respond to her attention, becoming visibly less agitated.

3: The next day, in the hangar bay, repairing her stalkers. Two of the mechanical men are badly smashed. Their innards show, a grotesque and Gigerian internal diorama of metal and long since mummified insides, commingled and connected. But as she connects one thing, screws something else back in, their eyes glow again, red like demons.

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So there are girl and boy giant robots? [She looks faintly amused at the notion.]

Oh, only some of us are giant! But yes. Well, among sapient robots at least - we have non-intelligent probes and such too, but they aren't really people.

[She visibly tries to resist asking this question but ultimately fails.] Does that mean there's...robot romance? ...Oh wow, i'm sorry, that was a rude question.

No, it's okay! And, well... Of course. We're people after all, and we have feelings!

[She imagines two stereotypical robots getting married and thinks that's just about the cutest idea ever made.] Well I suppose it was a pretty obvious question. Two of my birds are a couple after all.

Aw, that's nice.

You seem to be very interested in robotics, right, doctor?

I've been working on them for a long time. When I was very little, i'd earn extra rations by helping out with the broken stalkers at the base. That's how I was nominated for surgeon-mechanic training...[She's getting lost in memories and shakes it off.] What's your family like?

Oh, both of my parents are former warriors, but they switched to other jobs as they got tired of fighting. You could say that I'm continuing the family business... Although neither of them was a member of Angel Force.

They're very nice and supportive, and I respect them a lot. I've been living alone for a few years already, but we get along well.

My parents and big brother were soldiers too.

Is everyone a robot where you come from? Are there any humans who live among you?

I always wondered how it feels to have siblings...

Oh, all life is robotic in my galaxy! We have biological guests from time to time, but they're vey rare and come from far away. I haven't seen any personally, until I came to Earth.

You're not homesick, are you? It sounds like a big adjustment to make.

My job requires me to travel a lot. It's the first time I had to go to another system, but I still spend a lot of time away from home.

I miss my family and friends sometimes, but I know I'll be back with them sooner or later. And I made new ones here!

Well if it's alright with you then...I'd like to be one of those new friends.

I'm sure you'll become one, doctor!

By the way, can I take your birds out of their cages sometimes? Or will they escape instantly?

as long as you're the one with the treats, they'll stay with you forever. Just don't spoil them.

Oh, you don't have to worry about that! I have experience with taking care of pets.

Alright, but if they're too fat to fly, i'll blame you.

What kind of pets? [She imagines something like a rubix cube on legs.]

Well, I had two Pepens... They are flightless robotic birds, very smart for animals and very helpful...

I'll make sure your birds won't become flightless, though!