Third Journal Entry

[tophatofawesome]

Luke, Flora, are you both alright? I'm sorry, I should have done more when... well. If there's anything I can do for you now, please tell me.

[Pause.] The little drone girl is begging me to let her stay up until midnight... it must be New Year's Eve. I'm afraid I've lost track of time.

Happy New Year, then. May it be better than the last.

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[weaponsparked]

... You know Flora?

[tophatofawesome]

She's my adopted daughter. Real daughter, from my world, not what this city assigned me.

[weaponsparked]

[A long... pause. This makes the future... rather awkward somehow.]

Your... your daughter?

[tophatofawesome]

Yes; is that somehow surprising?

[weaponsparked]

I... just wasn't aware she... had any family here. I... with the... with what happened in her future...

[tophatofawesome]

...I know. I should have done more.

[weaponsparked]

I...

[This? Is awkward.]

... Jolt and I... we did what we could for her. I'm... sorry. We should have looked for you.

[tophatofawesome]

No, it's alright. I should be thanking you for taking care of her. So....

Thank you.

[weaponsparked]

No, it's... nothing. We look after our own.

I... suppose I should introduce myself, hm? Sideswipe.

[tophatofawesome]

That's an unusual name, if you don't mind me saying so.

Professor Hershel Layton. A... pleasure, Mr. Sideswipe.

[weaponsparked]

Where I come from, it's fairly normal... I'm not exactly human. Not originally.

Right. Ah... you too.

[tophatofawesome]

-- Not human? Really? What are you then?

[weaponsparked]

Really. I'm Autobot--er... which means... I'm supposed to be about twenty feet taller, and made of metal.

[tophatofawesome]

Some sort of robot, then?

[weaponsparked]

Technically, yes.

[tophatofawesome]

I see. I've met intelligent robots before, so that's not so strange.