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It was going to be some time before everything got figured out, so in the meantime, Nana had suggested taking the children to their rooms to rest, though she was free to take them elswhere if she chose to do so.

"You will not have anything to worry about in the tower. You should all go try to settle down while I clean up this mess." And what a mess it was.

Thanatos rose with Trilla in hand, ready to go when Nana was. Proto moved with them. Even in the security of the tower, he was still the one robot guard of this place.

Than had to wonder how much his brothers didn't want to be left alone right now. He wasn't even sure how shaken up they were, and wasn't completely confident in that they would assert their feelings when left in their rooms. Trilla was the most obviously shaken and likely shouldn't be left alone, thus Thanatos was already considering remaining with her until she fell asleep or seemed confident enough on her own. Still, he didn't want to leave Eecheb or Micha alone either.

Proto would stand in the back of the elevator, keeping it for them as they went to each level.

At Trilla's room, it was clear without even trying that Trilla wasn't going to be near comfortable alone. Thanatos told Nana to go on with Micha to his room without him and Trilla, that he'd remain with Trilla until she was settled enough to sleep. Trilla might do the same as Eecheb and just cover herself up but Than would still be right next to her.

V5 would enter the tower from the ground floor, carrying several bot pieces in its left hand. These pieces had been recovered from the least damaged droid, the one Thanatos took out, before V5 completely blasted anything that was left of it. V5 had a strange way of functioning. "What rough beast slouches to Bethelhem to be born......"

Unfortunately there was no where else other than the outer towers with proper repair stations for projectile damage. So they would need to go to one of the towers to get that done. Either way, Proto had no reason to go anywhere else, so until Nana wanted to leave with him, he set the elevator to take him down to the first floor, where Vanguard 5 would also be found.

However, repairing the damage was going to be a little bit more complicated than normal. Around the bullet indents on Proto's arms and legs, there was an odd green/black rust starting to cover those parts of his limbs. A little while ago, they weren't noticable, but they were slowly growing to cover his entire damaged limbs.

For some reason or another, V5 and Proto both remained on the bottom floor for that entire amount of time. They were communicating, though they could do so much faster over their electroniclinks than by using their respective verbal means, though it would be interesting to see beeps responded to in poetry.

Vanguard 5 already had an update on the situation across the citadel, which was now in good condition as far as anyone else was concerned. None of theo the other bots were currently permitted in the streets. It was a scary thought when Alpha Zenogais might have been the 2nd or 3rd most pleasant robot to be around at this time.

When Nana entered the floor, Proto would turn to salute. V5 did the same, with a shorter stance and a small utterance. "M' lady....." V5 was unique in that it could even properly use verbal contractions. He had to be skilled in verbal language if he was going to recite poetry to himself in a slightly certifiable manner.

The gratitude was well taken. Had V5 been a more literal bot, he would likely and unfavorably have explained what the most likely scenario would have been had he not arrived when he did. Luckily, the vanguard didn't care for that.

"It was my obligation. Defending Thanatos is my priority." It was somewhat of an odd response, not even counting the fact he didn't refer to Thanatos with a 'lord' title like most of the others did.

When Nana commented on the discoloration of Proto's armor, Proto lifted his arm into clearer view; Vanguard 5 also took note, and added his own commentary. "Spectral analysis and imaging identifies it as nanoskin. There should be no reason for concern." At least someone was informed.

"Correct. I can only suppose they are part of a self-restoration subroutine similar to my own." V5 really couldn't add much more, and at least hinted that he had a similar response to damage..... assuming the bot ever took any. "The nanoskin is as much defensive as it is regenerative." Regardless of the fact the discoloration seemed to be due a repair process in Proto, it was still an anamoly; Proto had never repaired himself this way, nor had such a process ever happened to him before.

Replacing his arm at his side, Proto responded to Nana with several beeps again, but then paused for a moment, before turning to V5 for another moment.

"The prototype's response was that there have been no upgrade's to its functions since its initial reprogramming. Neither Lord Mastema or Thanatos had any part in this," was V5's translation of what Proto had said. So for the moment, it seemed this nanoskin was an unforeseen development.