shitposting rave 2, electric boogaloo

I am made of silicon and hard light. Your species is made of metal. (I could build one of you, if I wanted.) And yet, some of you have forms more flexible than mine.

 

I could tell you more, but all information on Thirteen Primes is filtered down through many sources, and bottlenecked at Alchemist Prime himself. Prion knows as much, I suspect, but he...

...it is difficult to understand the communications of a mind as vast as a metrotitan.

 

You could not build one of us. We are made of metal, but we are born, not built. Our bodies, transient, what matters are only three things, brain, spark, and cog. None of these can be built, although many have tried.

 

Robots without builders. That really is the cart going before the horse.

 

They're not robots. They evolved independently, exactly as the Gems did.

 

You said before that they were robots.

And they sure seem much like robots.

 

I'm not sure if the term applies or not, to be perfectly honest, Pearl.

 

Fine. They're mechaniods.

 

Pardon.

 

People build robots. Robots don't build themselves.

 

Incorrect.

 

It is nice of you to confirm you don't see me as a person, though. I like getting that out of the way.

 

Do you wish to engage in combat?

I will build a giant robot immediately and battle you in it.

I won't go easy on you.

 

Pearl, this is unworthy of you. Remember, you were also created by people who refused to acknowledge your personhood.

 

It is nice to confirm you wish to hurt me.

Mostly people hide that behind telling me to act normal.

 

Pearl, I didn't ask you to follow Melon here so you could ruin the very nice conversation we were having before.

What would Rose think about the things you've been saying?

 

But... why are they better at shapeshifting than me? Why?

I'm a Gem. I'm made of silicon and hard light, not metal. And yet... shapeshifting, it is a struggle for me. Every other Gem can do it just fine, but I can't.

Don't talk about her! None of you knew her, anyway!

 

Because you were designed to be pretty, not to change shape? That is my understanding of the intentions of your creators.

And you know, they're called "transformers" which should tell you that shapeshifting's just what they do.

 

I should go.

 

We've had enough conversations about her and her respect for all living things that I feel pretty confident about what I've said.