"I have no idea. I've been trying to ignore them, except when I have to help name the stupid things. I think I've seen something that looked like one in Alouette's stuffed toys, but it didn't fly around and give upgrades."

"Next level here is apparently 'death by plantborg'." The sheer crazy is getting amusing, in a twisted way.

"Let us know when you get to Weil," says Techno, quietly.

Middy nods. "We've roughed out a simulation, but we can add information from the game to make it better."

"Are we still hooking X up to this?" Techno asks. Because X seems to be actually getting some sleep now.