[h2]Neri[/h2]
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So many humans...[/i] People would probably assume she was as well from the company she was keeping.  Could that be an advantage in some way?  She wasn't sure.  She didn't think so...

[quote=@JFK]
"I will respond to Molybdenum. I do not like sharp objects." He tilted his upper body back and forth in order to sway his head. You might get the impression he is trying to nod. When he stopped he stood perfectly, unnervingly still. He kept his arms pressed flat down the sides of his body. He did not move like anything else. 
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For anyone familiar with humanoid emotions, they would see a variety of emotions cross Neri's face as the fight-flight-freeze response kicked in.  'Freeze' seemed to win out, though a moment later she cracked a smile, "Well if we're getting clothes, I think you, Molybdenum, would benefit from a hat.  Trust me, we'll find one that will suit you!"

[quote=@Lugubrious]
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When the robot actually managed to focus, she realized that the prisoners were introducing themselves. She didn’t actually internalize any of their boring human names, but it sounded fun, so she stepped forward to do so next. She seemed to carry herself without any self-awareness whatever about how badly she stuck out among all the rugged, fleshy, storied refugees of the starry frontier. “Howdy, y’all! I been called lots o’ stuff, like Thief, Stealer, Slag, Rustbucket, Sumbitch, and so on. But I like Bandit best. I was made for minin’, but these days the ‘mining’ I do is makin’ other folks’ stuff ‘mine’, hehhehheh!”

After quickly checking inside her storage compartment, though, Bandit’s face fell, metaphorically speaking at least. “Daww, consarn it all! Those rat bastards musta taken all my cash! I ain’t got so much as a doggone penny to my name…” Bandit groaned, her arms hanging so low they almost brushed the ground, but after another moment she straightened up. “Well, guess that settles it. I’m stickin’ with y’all for now. Wherever we’re headin’, they gotta have batteries there. And money. And heads!” Clearing her throat, she lowered her voice somewhat. “Still, uh, takin’ donations, by the way. Just sayin’.”
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[i]Thief, Stealer...[/i]  Neri switched her attention to the robot, "You don't need a hat at this stage," she remarked, before getting to the most important bit, "Thief you say?  So were we to, need someone to swipe some civilian clothes, would you be the right one for the job?"

"Because first off, our best chance here is to work together for now.  We don't know this place and we don't have money.  While one or two of you -" she glanced at Molybdenum and Bandit, "Can hide the fact you just got off a prison ship, the rest of us can't unless we want to run around this desert in our underwear which would be ill advised for a host of other reasons. We look like a bunch of escaped convicts, and I'd rather not end up unexpectedly escaping the labour camps only to end up straight back in whatever this planet's equivalent of a prison is."