❀ Fourteen ❀

[boylolita]

[There are more than just delinquents in the lobby today. In fact, a good portion of it is taken up by the very beginnings of a fairly massive puzzle. And in the middle of it, a tiny kid with a stuffed bunny in his lap, and a plate of chocolate chip cookies on the floor next to him. He's staring down at the puzzle in intense concentration.] ❀ I can

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[wearethemeta]

[Still on his loss, having already spent a good deal of time in meditations, it's a far more sedate Meta that's peering down at the boy and his puzzle with an inquisitive little growl.]

[boylolita]

❀ Hello! Do you want to help, Mr. Robot Man? ❀

[wearethemeta]

[He nods, giving an affirming grumble. Anything to help out a fellow resident!]

[boylolita]

❀ I'm looking for her eye right now. Can you help me find a piece that looks like this? ❀

[He picks up the puzzle's box and points to the woman's eye.]

[wearethemeta]

[He takes a long look at the picture, and then nods and starts looking around the lobby. Lady's eye ... lady's eye ... where is that lady's eye ...]

[boylolita]

❀ Wow, thanks for your help! I bet we'll find it in no time. ❀

[wearethemeta]

[He rumbles contentedly, getting down on his hands and knees to look under a chair.]

[boylolita]

[Hunny rifles through the big spread of puzzle pieces for a couple of minutes.]

❀ Hey, I found her other eye! So the one we're looking for looks just like this one, okay? ❀

[wearethemeta]

[Meta looks over, and then nods and continues his search, slowly and patiently, checking every nook and cranny near the puzzle that a wayword piece could have worked itself into. Silly puzzle pieces.]

[boylolita]

[Hunny hums a bit while he searches. Just random tunes, and not particularly well.]

❀ So are you actually a robot? I've never met one of those before! ❀

[wearethemeta]

[Meta grumbles along when he can, even if he's not familiar with the tune.]

[He shakes his head at the question, just a soldier in some pretty nice armor who used to have a bunch of little computer program fragments running loose in his head.]

[boylolita]

❀ You're not a robot? So is there a person inside you? ❀

[wearethemeta]

[He gives a long affirmative grumble. Accepting himself was about the first thing he did on this Loss.]

[boylolita]

❀ Wow, I'm sorry I thought you were a robot, mister! But it must get hot in there, huh? ❀ I

[Hunny had been under the impression that all of the armored people were robots. For someone so smart, he can be dense.]

[wearethemeta]

[He shakes his head, making and odd sort of chuffing sound, like a laugh. He taps his helmet and gives a thumbs up; the whole things was climate controlled; he was comfy as could be in there.]

[boylolita]

[It takes a moment, but Hunny gets it.]

❀ Oh, so you have like an air conditioner in there! That's pretty neat! ❀