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A dull, throbbing ache permeated the blackness that was Aria's slumber. Having never experienced a pain quite like it, she let out a small whine, shifting to move a hand to her head. However, when she went to move, something stopped her. An unfamiliar weight. Unfamiliar in that, she wasn't waking up covered in pups, and Raider never crawled into bed with her.

No this was something else entirely. Between the ache of her head, and the strangeness of it all, the young woman struggled to try to recall the events of the night prior. She had been bored, gone for a walk... where had she gone to?

Ugh that ache in her head was killing her. She wasn't entirely certain how her programming came to be, but whomever thought it was a good idea for bots to feel pain could clearly just, go to hell and burn.

Burn...

That liquid had burned going down her throat...

Wait. A bar, she'd been at a bar. Things were hazily coming back to her as she pushed the headache aside, best she could, letting her mind wander to the far ends to retrieve this information from where it was hiding.

She'd gone to a bar, met up with...

"Five?" her voice suddenly broke the silence of the morning. Bleary eyes opened and glanced upwards. Twinkling lights still glittered dimly above.

As Five gently pulled her to his chest, she blinked in confusion, but the soft hum of his voice settled her a bit. She knew that voice, that was definitely who she thought it was. The smaller of the two audio lifted her head to look at his face as he pulled back to look at her and speak. Her one normal sized ear flicked a bit, and the smaller one twitched about. How did he know her head hurt?

It wasn't until he stood from the bed, and she pawed a little at the fallen blankets, that she realized he was shirtless, and that she seemed to be in one that fit her more like a nightgown than a shirt. Slowly she sat up, rubbing her head a little as she did.

"Thank you." came her quiet murmur as the white/grey audio offered her the cup and the medication. She let herself sniff the tea, and her tail wagged slowly behind her as she held the cup in her hands. It wasn't long before she was taking the pills, enjoying the warm liquid that chased them down.

She wasn't entirely certain they'd work on her, but hey, it was worth a shot. With that done, she glanced back up at him from what almost looked like racoon eyes (The red that crossed her face often made her look like she had some sort of mask, afterall).

"Ungentlemanly?" what a strange word. "Act like what? I vaguely remember a drinking game... that alcohol was terrible Five. Ick."

Aria had been making the mistake of taking another sip of the tea as he suddenly, and very bluntly, stated what had happened the night before. The girl damn near choked on her tea.

"Pups?!" she coughed moments after she choked out the word. Large green eyes looked up to his, a flurry of emotions fighting for dominance over which would come out on top. Aria was dazed, stunned even. Five was her friend. It didn't computer well.

"I can't have pups." she balked at him. Sure, her parents had been bots, but... that was because of Wily. Or something.

Frack, where the hell had they even sprung forth from.

Fiery coloured fur bristled a bit, and she put the tea aside, eying him carefully. Anger was currently at the forefront of her emotions, but it was being tampered down by the confusion that had, for the most part, plagued her since the night before.

"Isn't it sort of an antithesis of what happened to want to suddenly protect me?" there was a bit of a huff in her voice, but she, at the very least, wasn't making an attempt to come at him, or leave. She simply sat there, staring at him, the anger and confusion mixing in the expression on her face.

Aria didn't understand his question about faith. She'd never had faith. What she had was an outburst of panic. It hadn't been that long ago that she, herself, had been a pup. The young woman was certain that Five was trying to make her short circuit at this point. A miracle? Could you even call it that? Why would you?

Her head seemed to ache more, though in all likeliness it wasn't from the consumed alcohol the night before. Mind racing, her eyes had dropped away as she struggled for words. Any words.

She wasn't left to linger on her thoughts long when she felt Five's hand touch her cheek. There was a moment of tension, the anger bubbling to the surface again. It eased off, however, something in his words resonating in that little head of hers. Aria's eyes moved back up to meet his, scrutinizing his words a little, mind finally starting to slow down from the whirlwind ride it was going on since she woke.

"I... I'm not an item to keep..." she murmured out quietly. Being a bot already meant she was a thing, as far as some people were concerned. Not real. It's why she didn't go around highlighting the fact. After all, she looked perfectly normal, and if one didn't dig too much, you'd never know.

There was a pause, and a bit of a sigh that escaped her lips. She didn't know what to do.

"I..." she felt herself leaning slightly into the hand on her face. It was a pleasant touch. Not meant to harm her in any way.

"I could visit more?" was that a good answer? She didn't know.

"No pups." she snipped out anxiously again. Even if it was possible she doubted she'd want to be separated from them, given her own issues on parental abandonment. Ugh this was all so ridiculously hard on her head. How had this gone from a simple meet up with an old friend to...

Well she wasn't sure what to call this.

She was once more shaken out of her thoughts as he said he'd make her a map of the maze. The girl gave a short nod of her head. That... that was fine. The idea of being able to navigate around was a good one, and it settled easily on her mind.

"That works. Yeah. Yeah that'd be fine."

"Hmm..." she eyed the other as he queried her. He was rather blazé about the entire ordeal of the night before. Maybe his attitude derided from whatever had caused those strange marks on him. It was not an excuse, just a manner of trying to understand cause and effect. Aria was less cool-headed about it all, and was still wrestling with it. A quick shrug of her shoulders as her eyes moved from his strange scars to the map he was drawing out.

"It's not been awful." she offered, trying to sound as colloquial as she could muster.

"I made some new friends. They took me in, help take care of me. In turn I help take care of the orphans they watch over. There's one girl, Ash. She... uh... well she used to work with, oh what was his name... Flashover? Yeah, she worked with him, but when he disappeared Fox took her and the pups she had with her in. Plus Raider and Glitch are around a bunch." it was a strange little group, but she was grateful for them. They'd taken her in when she was alone, and afforded her certain freedoms.

"How about you?" her eyes turned back to the scars once more, morbid curiousity rearing it's ugly head.