>Grin. "Hey, food's nice y'know. I might not need to eat, but it helps recharge after a big fight when I've expended all my energy on restoring my body's damage. I guess you could equate it to refueling one of your machines after repairing it."
>Let's push the button. "But yeah, I'll see about helping you make sense of what she showed you. I wouldn't be a proper rival if I didn't help out every now and again."
>Then smile. "If it wasn't for your plan a little while back, I would've gone back to being the old me for keeps, and Makai woulda been screwed. Not to mention everywhere else, even here."
> "I know what food is Rumia. I've not been a robot forever..." Rika says.
> You press the button, and Rika vanishes from the screen, so dosen't comment on what you say afterwards.
> The metal pillar opens, and reveals a glass cylinder, with a figure inside, that's not that clear through the glass. The figure moves around a little, as if testing movement, before the cylinder opens, and she takes a couple of tentative steps out of it.
> The figure is about the same height as you, give or take a centimeter, and has red hair in two long, braided pigtails. She has, you have to admit, some pretty good looks. She still has her goofy hat, albeit, a bit bigger, and her clothing is the same, but bigger. Basically, she literally looks the same as before, just bigger, and with a more mature face. That and some curves.
> "Please tell me I am not a Loli anymore. I set the program to basically make 'me, but in an 18 year old's body.'" Rika says.
