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Alien planet.

Alien planet.

The more I say it outloud, the more I can't believe I'm actually not excited about all this. Should I be more excited? What empty rock couldn't use a biologist? That, you know, specializes in something completely non-existent on said rock. Though I don't think I'll be there to otherwise distribute the use of my expertise. No? Yeah, I didn't think so.

I mean kaiju, those, those are one thing, but they're a huge screaming monster thing, not a...living.

...Breathing. Not-robot....thing.

...Woah. Okay, now it's hitting me. Yeah. You should----We should go. Definitely. I should go. This thing should've been written, like, yesterday. Make it happen.

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I'm, uh.

[ He sputters on his own disbelief. ]

Adaptable.

[He does the robot equivalent of an eyebrow quirk.]

Good. Because there's only one doctor.

[ THAT'S NOT INTIMIDATING AT ALL. ]

That's unfortunate.

I'm not really a.

Well I mean, theoretically I am.

To understand any biology it's usually good form to understand human biology---

[ You see where this is going. ]

I'm certain they can close any gaps in knowledge you may have.

[NO PRESSURE LIL BUDDY. (:]

In reality, the most medical experience I have are krazy glue bandaids.

Which are mostly on myself, because corrosion and open wounds aren't exactly a theme park of fun.

...I don't think I'm the kind of qualified you're looking for.

[SLIGHTLY IRRITATED ROBOT SIGH. Well, there's not much they can do about that. But hey - robots sigh!]

Then what would you consider yourself qualified for?

Basic biological engineering, biophysics and mechanics, cell and tissue engineering, genetic toxicology, experimental bioscience and research, and relative epidemiology.

Say that ten times fast.

Those are all human related. But my passion is xenology.

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There's plenty of creatures that occasionally wander into the colony to satisfy your... hobby.

[Hobby. Passion. Whatever. He's not the 'fun and passion' kind of guy.]

But what is lacking is a steady food supply that covers a human's nutritional spectrum.

[ He just nods. AND YOU GUYS TOO, THERE'S THAT. ]

Aside from. You know. The organic robots, that's not a xenologists field day. At all.

I think you might be looking for a botanist. Terraforming, plant life, that kind of stuff?

Animal meat.

[Wow it felt weird saying that.]

[ROBOT SCIENTISTS ARE A LOT LESS SPECIFIC OKAY >8(]

...You do know we're omnivores, right?

Besides you can't have one without the other, if the environment doesn't have it already, you---

You'd need a supportive ecosystem.

Either way those are like ten different kinds of science and I'm not really practiced in any of them. I'm more on a cellular level.

[Can someone explain why humans are so high maintenance. >8( GOD DAMNIT. HE LIKES YOU GUYS AND ALL]

[But synthetic energon was easier to concoct than dealing with shit.]

There's already some plant life in place, though I wouldn't know if it's sufficient to support more than that.

[Come on. Don't tell him you're just gonna do the studying robots thing.]

[ We're kind of a big deal. ]

Well plant reproduction and genetics are excruciatingly similar to humans.

But unless you're all hiding a slaughterhouse in a cave somewhere, that's about as far as I can take it. Researching plant life isn't my cup of tea but it's....not difficult.

[ That's exactly what he's telling him. ]

Good. I was wondering what you meant when you said you were "adaptable".

[That came with robot air quotes, by the way.]

[Prowl comes with a little sass and sometimes numbers. Don't mind him.]

That was before you asked about me creating consumable food out of nothing, mind you.

[He doesn't see an issue here.]

It wouldn't be out of nothing, the rift occasionally spews something consumable or alive onto our planet.

What kind of rift.

[ In his experience, rifts suck. ]

An interdimensional one in the upper atmosphere.

[Kaiju haven't come through it yet.]

[Yet.]

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You're kidding me right.

[ YET. ]

No one's looked into closing it?

If it were that simple it'd be closed already.

[These dang interdimensional rifts. You can never just drop a bomb into it to clam it up.]

It's the same portal you'll be dropping through, actually.