Understanding Humans
Part IV -Horror films

"Sam? Sam."

"What is it – WHAAAAAAAAAA! Jesus Christ - what the hell – BUMBLEBEE!"

"Haha! You like it?"

"No! Definitely not! Why did you – argh! You used Dad's special paint, didn't you? Great, it's all waterproof and stuff and ... just great! You look like a – like a – just what the hell where you thinking?"

"Uhm... Sorry – I thought you would like it..."

"Like it? What the – what made you think it'd like to have you gone Frankenstein? You almost gave me a heart attack, I thought you were a Decepticon!"

"But – but-"

"Common, let's get you in the backyard before anybody sees you... oh this stuff better comes off ... I doubt your armor is remover proof?"

"It is – but why are you mad at me? I thought you'd think it's cool..."

"HU? No – okay - what did you download while I was gone?"

"Nothing..."

"Sure, right. Close your engine cover. Okay, what just gave you the idea I would like to run into a freaking Krueger monster in the dead of night!"

"Don't humans like to be scared?"

"No, definitely not."

"But... you watch horror films, don't you?"

"Uhm – yeah, but that's something different!"

"Why?"

"Why? Because it's – it's just a movie, not something that's gonna knock at your door and scare the hell out of you for real..."

"Ah. So you only like to be scared by fictional threats?"

"Yes, maybe ... something like that. Geez, you even painted your tires..."

"Your life sings during watching a horror movie are way off normal; even days afterwards you are easily scared, and your sleep pattern changes; you are very jumpy."

"Hu? What are you trying to say, Bee? Turn round..."

"I am just wondering – you fought the Decepticons at our side, and never backed down; you were very brave, even when your life was in serious danger... It was a real threat, but you weren't half as scared as when you watched The Grudge. Why is that so? Facing Autobots for the first time must be way more eerie for a human being than watching a film about a fictional monster?"

"Man, you're giving me a headache Bee... I don't know, back then it was like ... like – it's wasn't real, it was like – Boom! - welcome to another dimension! It was just so way beyond, I had not time to be scared like that – it was just 'woha, cool, oops, run for your life!' and so... Yeah... Like that... it was different..."

"So you were not scared because your processor didn't think it was real? Hu. But ... then why are you scared of fictional monsters in reality?"

"Uhm... Well... I'm not scared... Not really ... That's just human I think, okay? ... Why don't I rinse the paint remover off you, and we call it a night? I'm really tired..."

"Okay, thank you Sam. Good night."

"Night Bee... And don't you ever do this to me, 'kay?"

"Promise."

"Right. See you tomorrow..."