Metabee had to stop and peer at him for a moment, brow wrinkling as he tried to figure out just what had happened there. "Sure you're not a garbagebot?" he deadpanned, horking down the rest of his roll.

"No organic food that you've found yet, at least," he replied in vague antagonistic amusement. Of course, no organic food Metabee'd found yet did either, but that didn't stop him from joking.