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[candlebot]

clara4

hello!! please come say hi! i like talking to people and making new friends (＠＾◡＾)

also i am very good at counting things if you need that done!

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[legalcy]

[So many questions! Answering them all would require a map of pre-war Cybertron to explain its geography and cities, which...he ought to ask Robin if she can ever bring it back.]

Oh, the areas dedicated to the higher classes were wonderful. For most of Cybertron, life was difficult and on the verge of disaster despite historical improvements. [He and his brother were lucky to become members of a House despite their...unfortunate circumstances of birth.] Even my brother couldn't reform society despite the work he had accomplished.

[candlebot]

[That same blank smile remains fixed on him for an extra couple of seconds but no, most of that did not parse.]

What do you mean by higher classes? What reform?

[legalcy]

[Oh...so he has to explain that in a way that does not reveal his personal feelings and can be taught to someone with absolutely no knowledge of Cybertron.]

Bots with alt-modes deemed more "worthy" by the Functionist Council. An unfortunate consequence of a large society is the stratification of its members, which becomes more and more difficult to amend as laws are ignored.

[It comes to him that Clara has not experienced living a community where groups could turn against one another. She had only Dr. Solis. What kind of life is that, to have been alone for so long?]

It happens on all planets.

[candlebot]

All? Even here, before the world died?

[It doesn't sound like she's doubting him, just asking. He seems very wise and well-traveled so he probably knows! Even if it seems strange to her.]

Also, what are alt-modes?