o13 ★ WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN

[electrowhipit]

... Ever get the feeling you missed something?

You humans pick the weirdest things to talk about.

All that aside, is there a... well, I don't even know if such a thing exists, but is there someplace here where I can... buy plants and seeds and things? I was thinking the garden could use some more color.

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[electrowhipit]

I'd really, really appreciate that.

My name's Jolt, by the way.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

I'm Lucas. It's nice to talk to you again.

Where do you live, Mr. Jolt?

[electrowhipit]

Uh. 1249 Williams Road.

And please, just call me Jolt. "Mister" makes me feel old.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

O-Oh. A lot of people have said that, actually . . . It seems strange not to call an adult 'mister', but I guess I've just never had so many friends before.

You're on Mogget's street. I'll be right over, M -- Jolt.

[electrowhipit]

I'm... not exactly an adult. This place seems to think I am, though.

Alright. I'll be here.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Huh?

[Lucas doesn't extend his question any further and instead arrives at the front door with a handful of seeds about five minutes later. He rings the bell.]

[electrowhipit]

It's-- [ oh, well okay.

He'll be answering the door, then. ] Hi there.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . . . . .

You look pretty much like an adult to me. But it's OK if you want to be a kid still. I'm not too keen on growing up yet, either.

Hi.

[electrowhipit]

[ pffft he can't help but laugh a little ] I'm actually pretty young for my species.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Your species? . . .

[electrowhipit]

Uh, yeah. I know I don't look it now, but I'm from an alien race called Cybertronians. We usually live for millennia.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

That's a pretty long time. So you wouldn't be an adult for a few hundred years? How old are you now?

[electrowhipit]

Ummm. Couple thousand years? I never took the time to figure it out in Earth years.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . A couple thousand years is a few millennia, Mr. Jolt. I'd even get tired of being a kid for so long.

But -- Oh! Sorry about asking private stuff. Um. Here are the seeds you wanted.

[electrowhipit]

It really doesn't seem that long.

Don't worry about it. [ shrug. he offered the information anyway ] Hey, thanks! You have no idea how excited I am to plant these.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . [Porky didn't think so, either.]

Really? They should grow pretty fast. The ones in my yard grew in less than a day.

Is there any special reason why?

[electrowhipit]

I just... well, I'm fond of plants. We didn't have any on my home planet.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Huh? I'm not very smart, but I know that you need plants to make air to breathe, right?

[electrowhipit]

... Cybertronians are robots. We don't breathe like people do. Well, okay. I do now, but.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Does that make you an alien robot? Wow. That's pretty neat. Um. Not that being human is bad or anything, but. You probably don't like it very much.