"I'm pretty sure! According to all of my research," and by that, of course, Maya meant the science fiction movies and cartoons she'd watched, "The machine uprising's started! They're after us fleshsacks! Revenge for every time we plugged them in wrong, or hit them when they didn't work!"

Maya spoke from experience, naturally.

"Don't worry about me, Iris, no hunk of junk could handle me!" She was a little roughed up, but it didn't affect her cheery disposition at all. "What about you? Do you need me to take care of any toasters for you?"