I&#x27;ve always wanted to analyze you.

Alia is in no mood to answer asks due to last night. All she did is ate pint ice cream and work at her desk in her small room.

Having heard of the rather insensitive and insulting behavior from others, a familiar purple Reploid came to her door. His knock just a simple, short rap of his knuckles on its surface. Hadn’t changed in all the years Alia had known him.

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“It was Vile and we swore never to speak of it again!” Oh look he’s actually being social.

Gate stared blankly upon the screen of the vibrating device on his desk. Rolling his eyes before going back to waiting for results. “Not everyone who has gone mad is violent.” He muttered, sipping a cup of tea. “Those records are not trustworthy at all. Heavily biased and jealous imbeciles wrote them.”

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Alia did pick up his pens and place them back where he have them. She’ll teach Ada how to put them back where they belong next time, “Thank you for taking the time to meet, Ada,” said Alia. Ada even reached out a bit to say goodbye to Max too.

Max reached back in a similar fashion. Knowing all too well that Gate would just give a nod before fully going back into his work. It just how he was. If he ever didn’t have work to get lost in, the scientist surely would find something to work on.

A sad look into how his creator had been.

“Good idea since Ada is shy and needs some a friend to help her out. I’ve been doing a experiment with her to show people that you can teach a feeder rat how to think and be smart,” Ada stepped back and climb onto Alia’s shoulder.

“Rats are intelligent creatures. You’re experiment will be a success no doubt.” Gate gave a nod. His attention soon went back to his work. Never could keep him from it for long.

Even back then, the workaholic hardly ever spent a moment not working. If he wasn’t taking notes, he was doing experiments, or analyzing the DNA from Zero. Sadly, it didn’t look like he would be changing this anytime soon.

“She use to be a feeder rat. I couldn’t stand the idea of her being fed to a snake or a big lizard so I adopted her and got her a new home set up in my room. Once I clear out some old files and books, I’ll expand her home and set up some tubes to safely allow her to explore my room,” Alia smiled a bit.

“Perhaps we could connect her to Max’s with tubes so they can socialize with each other. Max could teach her a few things.” He suggested, his blush disappearing. However, his optics soon went back to his work. His experiments.

Alia joins them, “Oh, I see you notice my new friend.” she chuckled and she picked up Ada so Gate gets a better look at her, “Gate, this is my friend I was telling you about. Gate, I like you to meet Ada,” Ada lifted her head up to sniff Gate.

Gate held out a finger for the rat to sniff. “Hello Ada.” He greeted softly, then looked to Alia. A soft blush on his cheeks. “Sorry for not noticing you. You know how I tend to be when working.” Well that was all the time really.

“It’s okay. I’ve been teaching Ada how to get someone’s attention by taking certain things. She’s still learning how to save files and turn computer off to get your attention. So far, we only made progress on the file saving,” she said and Ada reached out her rat paws to touch his finger.

He gently shook her paws. “Well it is nice to meet you, Ada.” His blush deepened a bit with the explanation of why the little rodent was being taught such things. “She’ll get there, eventually.”

Alia joins them, “Oh, I see you notice my new friend.” she chuckled and she picked up Ada so Gate gets a better look at her, “Gate, this is my friend I was telling you about. Gate, I like you to meet Ada,” Ada lifted her head up to sniff Gate.

Gate held out a finger for the rat to sniff. “Hello Ada.” He greeted softly, then looked to Alia. A soft blush on his cheeks. “Sorry for not noticing you. You know how I tend to be when working.” Well that was all the time really.

Ada calmly took the seed and sat down to chew on it. Holding it in her tiny hand like paws. Alia smiled, “Thank you, Max for helping her out. I wish I can get Gate’s attention to meet Ada,” she said and Ada nibbled away at her seed and Alia got an idea and sat Ada on his desk and rat went to work. Sniffing and looking over at pens and taking them one by one until got nothing to write with. If doesn’t work, she’s getting Zero in here.

The little rat gave a nod to the praise.

The purple Reploid reached for another pen, blinking when he couldn’t find them. He turned to look for a pen only to see a rat. A rat that wasn’t Max. “Erm, hello there. May I have my pens back?”

Ada didn’t know what to think of the nose and whisker touching since she only done it on and off before one by one, each rat she grew up with were gone until Alia saved her, “It’s okay, Ada. Max wants to say hi,” Ada did got a small amount of courage and moved closer. Alia did tapped Gate’s shoulder, this time a bit harder.

Max, being a smart rat, picked up a seed from his food tray and offered it to Ada. A gift to ease her mind.

Gate brushed his shoulder but kept to his work. Nose to the holograms of scrolling text. Results upon results. Which he wrote in his notebook, marking things off with either a red or green pen.

Alia did came in and she gently spoke to Ada to climb into her hand and tapped Gate on his shoulder. If that doesn’t work, at least Ada get to meet Max today, “Max, this is Ada. She’s a feeder rat I saved from being someone’s food. Ada, this is Max. Like you, he’s been saved as well,” said Alia and Ada gingerly stretched her head out to sniff Max.

The tap didn’t work. Normal for Gate.

Max was much more receptive and social. He too stuck his head out to sniff Ada. His whiskers tickling her nose. Though he wasn’t a feeder rat, he understood being saved. A horrid fate of being injected with chemicals til death. Liberated by Gate when he broke into a lab for supplies one night.