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[numbuh_one]

Where'd all this Christmas stuff come from?

It's nice and all, but it's not the same. I want to see my dad again. He gives really stupid presents, like underpants and sousaphone accessories, but... [somehow he doesn't think Sideswipe's gonna do any better] I guess he has decent taste in underpants, and well, we always did Christmas together, for

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[numbuh_one]

[Nigel notes that this is the third new, British teenager he's spoken to this week. Is this suspicious? Yes, maybe. But the question was innocent enough]

No, it is the latest in a series. This happened on Thanksgiving too, only that time we were locked inside.

[numbuh_one]

To tempt us into eating the Thanksgiving Dinner that they gave us in the same way - mysterious, overnight.

Which was poisoned, of course.

[numbuh_one]

Ah, I see you've already heard about it.

[numbuh_one]

My breakfast this morning was fine but I make no guarantees for anything.

[his tone is a bit hostile. Has been, actually.]

[numbuh_one]

Numbuh One, please. What about you?