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"We'll get it!" Sprx yelled, already about to leave for some groceries with Antauri when the doorbell rang. The silver monkey opened the door and found himself face to face with a young man in a suit.
"Can I help you?" Antauri asked, smiling kindly but a tad curious about the situation.
"Hello there, Antauri! And... uh...Gibson?" He asked, pointed to the red monkey.
"Sprx," he replied, not attempting to hide his already mounting dislike for the human.
"Right right right, so Antauri, Otto," he straitened his bow tie. "You two must have a lot of fun fighting all the bad guys, eh?"
"Actually, it's quite a shame there is evil that we must protect this city from-"
"You bet!"
Antauri shot a quick glare to his teammate, who grinned sheepishly.
"But don't you ever worry?" The man's tone shifted alone with his body in a melodramatic swoop. Sprx only now noticed the man had a briefcase behind his back. He couldn't imagine Antauri not already catching that. "I mean, what if the robot breaks down at an important time?"
"We have a highly skilled mechanic on our team," Antauri remained polite, but his tone lacked the empathy he gave to the usual, paranoid townsfolk when he made contact with them.
"Yeah yeah, Sprx's great, but what if it really broke down. I mean, badly. Like, it wouldn't move and she," Sprx twitched "couldn't figure out how to fix it?" He pulled his briefcase out like it was some kind of surprise gift.
"No thanks," Sprx replied flatly.
Antauri shot him another glare. "Thank you sir, but we are not-"
"Well guess what?" the man stepped forward a tad, "I can help you out there! Here with me I have everything you'll need to keep your giant fighting robot insured at an affordable price! Of course, I'm sure you'd like a better plan than that poor man's one. You guys are heroes, and unlike those normal peasant townsfolk, I appreciate that!" Another twitch from Sprx, and the red monkey could have sworn Antauri had done the same. "I mean, the government does fund you guys, right? Right? I mean, if not, how do you guys may for all the weapons you-"
The door slid shut.
Antauri turned to find Sprx's leaned up against the door lever in a way clearly intended to push it up.
"Oh dear me!" Sprx yelled. At the door. "I, Sprx, a male member of the Hyperforce, seemed to have closed the door with the unnatural way I leaned against this lever behind me! Oh well!"
Antauri simply blinked at his friend for a moment, then smiled and mouthed a "thank you" in relief. The two headed back upstairs to find another way out of the robot.