Kill Four: "Are you sure she's a chick? And not a guy? Or like, part guy part shark?"

[likeahex]

[A. TEENAGE GIRLS

Monday: GYM CLASS. There is a mean lady standing in front of you. She's wearing army dog tags and looks like she could punch out someone.]

Alright. I'm going to make one thing VERY clear. Show up to class, and you ARE going to train. If you want to survive here longer then a day during some of the crap they put us through, then you'

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B. PARK

[nanocerancowboy]

[And over here is a real autobot mecha android. He's watching from hot too far away, arms folded over his bulky chest.]

Guess Lucas was right in sayin' there's other androids in town ...

[Said mostly to himself, but easily overheard. And his voice has a telltale mechanical echo to it.]

[likeahex]

[A pause. Then looks over.]

Excuse me?

[nanocerancowboy]

Folks've said there's other androids in town. You're th' first one I've met, aside from my coworker.

[He looks sort of like this and is about six feet tall.]

[likeahex]

[Pulls her helmet off.]

I'm not an android idiot.

[nanocerancowboy]

[He might not have a face to emote with, but he looks just a bit taken aback by the change in his posture. A beat passes before he replies.]

Then I stand corrected, ma'am.

[likeahex]

[She shrugs]

Now if you said robot on the other hand, if we were back home you would have been right.

You can't tell them apart from soldiers in this armour.

[nanocerancowboy]

[This is the first time Gat's met someone who has made such a distinction between robots and androids! He rubs the back of his hand.]

Heh, I reckon so.

You look like you're military, at least.

[likeahex]

That's because I am. Former. I work freelance now.

[nanocerancowboy]

[Gat tilts his head slightly.]

Bounty huntin'?

[likeahex]

Freelance soldier.

[nanocerancowboy]

Oh. More general mercenary work then.

[Gat shrugs slightly.]

On my homeworld we called both things by th' same name. Hunters.

[likeahex]

Mostly I get called in to help units.

They just call us Freelancers.

Sorry for the delay!

[nanocerancowboy]

Are you still servin' in th' military, then? Just ain't attached to any unit?

[likeahex]

Not really. There's just not much business outside the military.

[nanocerancowboy]

[Gat chuckles slightly.]

Buyer's market, then, eh?

[likeahex]

It works well enough for me.