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At some undefined point, there is a goddess sitting at a table, watching the spectacle being played out through the window.

Shiva's working here is as beautiful as it is destructive.

Devi is not adverse to interruption.

[Tiny Tag: Devi ]

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One can only experiment with silent evasion maneuvers for so long before wanting to come down and see what's going on from a human perspective, or at least a human height's perspective. A little to Devi's left, a yellow-and-chrome robot perhaps five feet in height drops down from the rafters and makes a perfect three-point landing on the floor.

The movement in the corner of her eye does not itself attract Devi's attention. It is the curious creature that executes the movement.

Devi bowed her head in greeting.

Whoop! Bumblebee makes an apologetic sqwark noise and bows in return. "Sorry," he says. "I didn't mean to disturb anyone."

"You did not disturb me." She smiled.

"Oh good," says the crackly-voiced robot, sounding relieved. "My name is Bumblebee. Pleased to meet you, miss."

"I am Devi," her smiled widened a touch, "and it is a pleasure to meet you Bumblebee."

Bumblebee nods. "Are you new here?" he asks. "I don't remember seeing you here before."

"Yes and no," she considered her phrasing. "I have known of this place, but have had no cause to come here."

"Like Ratchet," says Bumblebee. "Our medic knows where the door is that leads here most often, but he's never bothered to come. Which is a pity- I think he'd like it."

"Perhaps you will convince him one day," she offered. "Maybe he feels he is too busy to come."

"Probably. We have no backup medic if anything happens to him, so that may be part of it," says Bumblebee. "I'll have to bring him more samples of medical texts from here, see if that lures him..."

"He sounds like he does his duty well," she commented.

Bumblebee nods again. "He's very dedicated," he says. "It helps. I'm a scout and a courier, myself- what is it you do, if I can ask?"

"You may ask," she smiled. "I protect the innocent."

"Oh!" says Bumblebee. "From what?"

She doesn't look like law enforcement or the military, so it's probably on an entirely different level.

"Once, it was Bala," said Devi. "Then it was other evils, other demons."

In a way she is military, only a different kind of warrior.

Bumblebee tilts his head, sorting the word against the human songs and movies he knows. "I don't think I know the name," he says, "but demons- those I have an idea of. That's hard work."

"Well, it was a very long time ago that I fought him." A very long time. "It is the work I was created for."

"What demons do you face?" Her face takes on a concerned frown.

The robot doesn't rub at his neck, but it's a very close thing.

"One in particular," he says, "whom we call the Planet Eater, or the Nullspark. We don't use his name if we can avoid it- but you may hear him called Unicron."

"I do not believe I have encountered this Planet Eater." And she hope he does not dare to enter her world.

"What has he done to you?"

"In many universes and timelines he has devoured our homeworld, Cybertron," says Bumblebee. "In others, he was stopped before he could succeed- though he came very close. In ours he hasn't manifested in a long, long time, but his minions are starting to stir now that our homeworld is lost to us anyway. Here-" Bumblebee hesitates. "Here, he found me when I was examining the cars in the garage hidden under our feet, and tried to murder me. I fought back, but he's more than any one Cybertronian could hope to face alone, unless they were something out of legend."

"A fearsome menace."

In every world, every universe, there seemed to be evil. Devi sighed.

"I would gladly help you face him."

"Thank you," says Bumblebee gravely. "Our people appreciate it." He pauses before adding, "You would be more than human, I'm sure, but... what are you capable of?"

It isn't a skeptical question. Just a curious one.

"I am more than human, yes." Right now, though, she was 'just' a goddess currently without an avatar. "I was blessed with the strength of an army and skill with all weapons by one God and the All-father gave me flight and power over lighting."

Bumblebee nods. "Probably not one of the gods my race knows," he says, "if it was an Earth god- but it sounds as if they knew what they were doing."

"They did," she smiled.

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