She grinned, and patted the bike on the odd shaped head. She couldn't answer until they arrived, but that didn't take long. They made it to an old fashioned ice cream parlor with a small seating area and a very mom and pop feel. She hopped off her bike and beamed at him.

"I made Banpei a few years ago. The bike modification just seemed like a natural extension of his capabilities." She gave a bright smile as the back part of the bike folded up into the rotund body of the front and the front wheel moved up to join the rest in that form, the brace for the wheel splitting into two legs.



The robot lifted its hat in greeting, then opened the door for them. "Banpei doesn't talk, of course, but he is still good at communicating. Sigil talks but she's back home, she wanted a break and I said she could stay back and upgrade her rocket skates. I'll check her work when I get home."

The person working the register grinned. "Skuld! Your usual?"

She jerked a thumb. "Ask him, he's paying."

The woman frowned. "Aren't you a bit..." stopped, looked at Skuld and paled a bit, then back to him quickly with a forced smile. "And what will the two of you be having?"