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"Little Zeke! Zeke Junior! You are so cute!! My dad, uh... predecessor, loves you too."

"ZK-V.27 is not 'little'. ZK-V.27 has existed for 0.0384615... times as long as ZK-V.26 has."

"Yes, yes, we know. You're almost one whole year old! You want to learn about different aspects of human life, right? We can show you how we raise our... succesors. Let's play a game. You say 'I spy, with my little eye, something that is...' and describe something you see in the room without directly revealing it, and I have to guess what it is. Ready?"

***"... Guessing an object in the vicinity can be solved by listing all objects until reaching the correct answer. Human-Friend would not have to conside

"Gvdrhb! Kplfrddsjrjgyvkstokvhsjgpwiwucl."

"And has misplaced their translator, yes. ZK-V.26 shall translate this conversation for now."

"... Are you feeling ok? The first time can be... intense. Not that subsequent trips are any less intense..."

"The Hospitable-One claims that stationary objects in sight seem to be 'swirling' and 'waving', and is feeling every single molecule currently in contact with their exterior."

"Oh, you're peaking peaking, for sure. Dad, how strong are [one of these tabs](https://www.reddit.com/r/humansarespaceorcs/s/mo6O0cCYqB) again?"

"Well..."

"What is it?"

**"The Hospitable-One feels as if their mind is controlling a player-character in a simul

"The Human-Friends have expressed specific gratitude to the Hospitable One for the full customisability of the Sustenance-Fabricator. The successor has configured it to exclude sugars when producing 'sweet'-tasting articles for her predecessor."

"Confusion! Is 'sweet' not the human taste felt when ingesting sugars? How can they exclude sugars and still produce 'sweet' sustenance? Did they tell you how it works?"

"ZK-V.26 has retrieved Sustenance-Fabricator records and identified the compounds used in lieu of the usual sugars in Human-Sustenance, at considerably lower concentrations than sugars would have been."

"Therefore, the produced articles are also considerably less 'sweet'?"

"Ha! The Terminator's got it right. I *require* the sugar to survive. Heh heh."

"First of all, dad, not every metal-skinned organism is a 'Terminator'. Just eat your sugar-free cake. You're lucky I didn't also tune the fabricator to make your chicken fat-free."

"Perhaps ZK-V.26 shall vacate during Human-Friends' dispute."

"No Zeke, it's fine. I'm sorry. My, uhh... predecessor is just joking around."

"Yeah man, don't worry. I know full well too much sugar ain't good for me. I'm just messing with my daughter... uh, successor. Remember when I told you about banter?"

"... This is a case of, 'banter'. Understood. Then, is the concept of 'sugar-free' foods also a... 'joke'?"

"Oh, no Zeke,