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WHO: Rung, Open~
WHERE: He's wandered into Alpha Trion's Quadrant.
WHEN Sometime after the bad session with Fortress Maximus.
WHAT: He failed at the only thing he's ever truly been good at and he feels miserable because of it.
WARNINGS: N/A

Rung felt like a failure; an absolute failure in what he was supposed to be good at. He was supposed to help Fortress Maximus, do what he could because that's what his function was, and yet he'd completely fallen apart when the other had gotten upset and instead of helping he'd probably caused more harm than good. He'd lost his composure, let his emotions come through too much, and hadn't been able to keep his own haunting memories at bay.

It was everything that therapist wasn't supposed to do.

A small voice in the back of his head reminded him, as he walked along lost in thought, that the incident was still fairly fresh--recent enough that at times he could still feel the sting of the blow to his head--but a larger voice, the more stubborn one that Rung was letting have control at the moment, argued that it didn't matter. He should have been able to put it all aside and not let it get to him. He should have been able to calm Fortress Maximus down and helped him instead of freaking out.

He'd thought about retracting his offer for the time being, since he didn't feel like he was a good enough doctor to help anyone now, but he'd already made steps with several and he couldn't--wouldn't back out on them now.

But he'd never really felt more worthless in all of his existence really.

Rung had been so lost in thought that he didn't really realize where he'd ended up until he finally caught sight of a lake, the therapist's optics flickering as he slowed to a stop, staring out over the waters before finally looking around. It was very serene in a way, peaceful in a way that reminded him of what Blurr had said.

This must be Alpha Trion's quadrant.

Hesitating for a moment more, Rung's vents cycled softly as he pushed forward, heading down closer to the lake to just sit and..stew some more. Berate himself some more? Something like that...

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"Exactly! I mean, back home...robots are usually lifeless. They move, do commands...but they're nothing like you guys.

You have feelings. It's...it's nice. I can't wait to tell them back on Earth."

"I'm glad you find us nice."

Because that meant that she'd had good experiences with the Cyertronians and other non-organics here and that pleased Rung. Like he'd said to Ventus, he truly did hope this place could be a peaceful one for all of them.

"What was your home on Earth like, since we're already talking about Earth a bit."

"Oh! Well..."

She stood up, starting to walk along the edge of the lake, right where the ground dropped off into straight water.

"Let's see. Do you know what Earth looks like?"

"I have an idea of what it looks like, yes, from what others have told me," the therapist said as he watched her walk along the edge of the lake, hesitating a moment before pushing himself up as well.

"Well, I live on one of the continents there. Here, lemme draw it out for you."

She hurries over to a more 'beachy' part of the lake, going to the wet sand/dirt and taking off her glove. She etches a circle into it, wide enough for Rung to see as she starts putting in the continents as she knows them. Once North America is shown, she puts a dot right at Southern California.

"I'm from here."

There was a fascinated look on Rung's face as Kay started to draw the continents, the therapist's head tilting as he soaks it all up and saves the images to his memory files for the young girl.

"Interesting. So...what's in between all the continents? Water?" he found himself asking, motioning to the gaps as he walks a bit closer, kneeling down just behind the girl a bit.

"That's right! A lot of Earth is covered in water." She gestured to the spaces Rung was specifically talking about. "There's islands on there too, but they're really tiny."

She took a moment to study the picture for a moment, before drawing a much smaller sphere next to it.

"That's our moon"

"Tiny islands in such a large body...curious," Rung mused, peering at the picture as he studied it a bit more, saving the imagery to memory because it could come in handy.

Sometime.

His gaze shifted to the new part of the drawing and he nodded some.

"So your planet has one. Is that the only one?"

"Yeah, I know right? And people live on them!"

At the question about the moon, she looked at her picture again, tilting her head.

"I think so. I don't remember a second moon...but, if you can believe it, it's what makes the tides go back and forth on the beaches right along these."

She traces her finger along the coastlines of the continents.

"Your moon plays quite the important roll then it seems," Rung said thoughtfully as he watched her trace the continents, growing more and more curious about the planet the more Kay told him.

He could see why others--coughHoundcough--had been so intrigued by the place.

"How many humans are there inhabiting the planet?"

That gets her thinking, putting a hand to her chin. Well...there certainly were a lot...

"I think I remember hearing a couple billion. At least 6 billion."

Look at that! School is useful for something!

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