M-O waited nervously for D-FIB to come back with Benny. She had heard his backstory, and also agreed to the plan, as long as he promised to apologize first. A few yards away, the reject-bots, along with WALL-E and EVE, were hiding behind a building.

M-O was faintly muttering to himself, trying to summon up confidence. The all too familiar sense of deja vu struck him, remembering the dates spent with D-FIB before their courting and marriage.

I can do this. No, you can't. Yes, I can. No, you can't.

"Will you please shut up!" M-O whisper-shouted to his thoughts. He really didn't need to hear their arguing.

Some movement in the distance caught his eye, and a sensation of relief soaked into him. Fear came back when he realized what he had to do.

D-FIB led the curious little robot to her husband. Benny hadn't noticed him yet, too caught up in the world around him. He also kept stopping to pick things up.

Benny stared at a rusted metal three-pronged stick. A fork, D-FIB remembered.

"Fork," she emphasized.

"F-F-ork," the child-bot repeated.

Losing interest, Benny tossed the utensil away. He then happened to look in M-O's direction. Letting out a squeak, he took cover behind his friend.

D-FIB gave him a comforting smile. She slowly moved away from him, whispering soothing words, and giving the cleaner-bot a signal.

M-O took a deep breath, then rolled up cautiously to Benny. He wasn't sure if he knew the concept of apologizing yet, but that wasn't going to stop him from trying.

Mustering up all of his strength, M-O breathed, "I'm sorry, Benny."

Benny tilted his head, trying to process the foreign words, save his name. He somehow knew the words weren't meant for him to repeat. So what were they for?

D-FIB shot M-O an apologetic look. "At least you tried." She sighed.

M-O racked his brain for something else. What would make a child understand? Then, something came up. He knew it would be uncomfortable, but it was worth a shot.

The cleaning droid stretched his brush out as far as it would go. Benny stared at it in wonder and confusion, not wanting to get yelled at again. To tempt him further, M-O shook and spun the roller, making the whirring sound as loud as possible. As a last resort, he said, "Take."

Benny couldn't resist anymore. However, being ever so cautious, he simply only placed his hands on top of the bristles.

He looked at M-O, who gave him an encouraging look, then at D-FIB, who nodded.

With a cry of joy, Benny grabbed the brush, giggling. D-FIB chuckled along with him. M-O just gave an amused look, finding the antics actually adorable.

D-FIB then signaled the other bots. WALL-E and EVE emerged from behind the building, followed by the rejects. Benny slowly let go of the brush, never having seen so many robots in one place. He recognized two of them.

"Wa-w-wee! EVE!" He called excitingly.

"Hi!" WALL-E and EVE greeted.

The reject-bots then started to surround the child-bot, saying hello and asking a lot of questions. Benny began to look overwhelmed.

"Woah, woah! Back off! Give him space! One at a time, please!" D-FIB demanded.

The robots did as they were told. "D-FIB, you're not going to go all 'EVE' on us, right?" VN-GO asked. Both females glared at him.

"Hey, it was a joke." The painter shrugged and shook it off.

Since most of the rejects couldn't speak English, those who could translated. One by one, each robot introduced themselves. Benny tried repeating their names, with hilarious results. The little robot especially seemed fond of VN-GO, because of the paint. Anyone could tell they were going to get along just fine.

For the first time, M-O was actually beginning to enjoy himself around Benny. The child-bot wasn't that bad when he behaved himself. Too soon, it was time to leave. With the promise of more visits, Benny was taken back home.

Late in the night, just before it was time to turn in, D-FIB had a check-in with her husband. "What did you learn today?"

"I learned that Benny, well, he can be good when he wants to. And when he is, he's fun to be around." M-O mused to her.

D-FIB got a big grin on her face. "Things are finally turning around!"

M-O chuckled. "You can say that again. Looks like things are going to turn out just fine."

The two robots then went into sleep mode, unaware of one more obstacle in their path…