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[nepetaleijon]

The back door opens, admitting a rush of cold air and a troll catgirl wrapped in furs.

Pretty soon she's arranged the furs into a heap on the floor by the fire, and is stretched out on top of them with her tablet and a starfish sandwich and a mint chocolate milkshake.

(OH MY GOG HOW ARE MILKSHAKES SO DELICIOUS

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[says_the_booyah]

Huh. A catgirl. Cy's never seen one here before, which surprises him for some reason.

But she has a milkshake. That's always worthy of comment.

"Hey."

[says_the_booyah]

He's used to it. Starfire never understand him. And no one understands Beast Boy.

"Maybe we should start over?

"Hi, I'm Cyborg. From the planet Earth."

[nepetaleijon]

"Hi! I'm Nepeta. From the planet Alternia."

She has to ask.

"Who made all your robot parts?"

[says_the_booyah]

"My dad.

"There was an accident. He had to use them to save my life." There is still, all these years later, a bit of resentment in there somewhere.

[nepetaleijon]

"Ohh. I had a furiend who got his legs replaced with robot legs after an accident."

Well ... some time after the accident. But that still counts, right?

[says_the_booyah]

"I think you're the first person here who knows another cyborg." Which isn't a bad thing, since he really doesn't want there to be more cyborgs.

[nepetaleijon]

"What's a cyborg?"

[says_the_booyah]

"I am. Your friend is. Cybernetic organism. Part robot." Or in some cases, almost all robot, like Robotman.

[nepetaleijon]

"Oh! In that case I know two of them. ... Maybe thr33."

Does Aradia-robot count?

[says_the_booyah]

"Are they common on your world?" He wonders if in the future, they become common on Earth.

[nepetaleijon]

... well, that's a slightly awkward question.

"I don't know," she hedges. "Efurybody I know who has robot parts had them made by one person."

[says_the_booyah]

"Anyone with parts like mine can trace them to one person." The father of advanced robotics, Will Magnus, Cy's dad's mentor. "But people with less advanced parts, they get them from many places."