(Wut's a noc?)
"Hm-"
He glanced up, unsurprised that this new costumer knew his name-he was the best reviewed mechanic in New Beijing-but his eyes widened as his optic feed threw up news articles and text information that he already knew with one look at the boy's shining green eyes
Prince Aki of the Eastern Commonwealth, heir to the throne, son of Emperor Reikan of the Eastern Commonwealth. August 12th, Lunar year 3000 T.E., Emperor Reikan entered the third and final stages of the Letomisis plague today. In a statement to the press, Prince Aki said-
Ell blinked his feed away as he quickly stood up, nearly tumbling over due to the imbalance of having only one foot to stand on. He gave a small, clumsy bow
"Y-Your highness! W-What can I do for you-"
"Oh that's fine-I've got my own supplies-"
At that moment, Ell's bot-well his stepfamily's bot-MIN came rolling up clunkily on her treads, excitedly holding up Ell's new foot
???: "ELL! ELL LOOK-I managed to haggle with Mr. Yuan-I got the price down to only 600 univs!!"
Ell sucked in a breath, embarrassed by MIN's outbursts-