"lacto-what?"
Elec man sat on the steel bed in Dr. Light's office and rubbed his stomach with a groan; He looked and felt like death. Ever since morning he had suffered with severe cramps. Despite feeling like he was being constantly punched in the stomach, he still performed his duties. He wasn't one to let something as insignificant as an upset tummy get in the way of his work; so he ignored the illness and worked through the cramps to the best of his abilities.
What he couldn't ignore, however, was when he had to take a break from said duties to purge his internals out in an alley way. Fireman saw this and all but drug him back to Light's office kicking and screaming; knowing full well that the robot master's pride wouldn't allow him to go on his own.
And so, here he found himself sitting in a somewhat chilly laboratory, with his only source of Background noise being the clacking of Dr. Light's keyboard and low murmurs to himself as he tried to figure out just what was wrong with him.
"lactose intolerance." Light repeated as he walked over with a clipboard in hand. "It means that your body cannot break down dairy products; sort of like an allergy. It's quite interesting, actually, I know I built you all equally, but yet here you are with an allergy-for lack of better term. I know that robots have gotten more advanced over time, but I've never seen anything like this! It seems like with each passing day I get close to creating a robot that becomes more and more human-like! This is amazing!" Light raved as he studied his notes.
"Well I don't feel very amazing right now…" Elec man rubbed his stomach once more. "So what, does this mean I'm broken now?" He questioned, not knowing if what he was feeling right now was another cramp or the sheer embarrassment of someone seeing him at his absolute ugliest.
"Of course not, Elec man. This is a perfectly natural thing that happens to the best of us. All it means is that I'll have to pick up soy milk for you the next time we go shopping." The good doctor smiled warmly and patted Elec man on the head, ruffling his hair slightly. Elec man shook it back into place seconds after.
Soon he was presented with a slip of paper.
"What's this?" Elec man took the offering warily.
"Just something for you to reference. It's a list of all the foods you should avoid from now on. Unless I can come across any alternatives." Light smiled again as Elec man began to read over the list.
No cheese, no milk, no yogurt, no ice cream!? Fuck, he liked ice cream! Elec man felt as if that fact alone intensified his cramps.
"Great." He moaned. "Ok, so I know what caused this, and what's going to cause this. But what do I do about it now? Suffer?"
"On the contrary! All we'll need to do is purge your tanks and you'll be as good as new." Light passed the robot master a brightly coloured bucket.
Elec man grimaced.