https://youtu.be/ygbE4SgFZvQThe obvious choice was to finish it off with Teach, who Peppa had spent a good portion of her life learning from, sparring with, and fighting alongside. It was definitely the option she could rely on the most.
And so, she asks her teacher, <span class="mu-i">"I think I've got it from here. Can you help Cookie out of here?"</span>
Chuu Lee nods, and helps Cookie up off the ground, and then reaches for the boy, but Peppa's hand stops her.
Peppa scratches her cheek. <span class="mu-i">"Actually, I want his helping hand for this. Still teaching him the ropes."</span>
Chuu Lee gapes at her. <span class="mu-i">"You have a student?"</span>
Peppa makes a so-so gesture. <span class="mu-i">"Not quite, definitely not learning him any techniques. Just, there is a few things I wanna cram into his head while it's still attached to the rest of his body."</span>
Chuu Lee quirks an eyebrow, then shrugs if off. <span class="mu-i">"Making sure your students keep their heads on straight is the biggest part of teaching, way bigger than learning them techniques."</span> She recalls something, and chuckles. <span class="mu-i">"Takes me back to when I tripped off my roof and your mom zapped up a pile of pillows to catch me. First lessons we had then were on how to fly! ...but really more on how not to fall."</span>
Peppa smiles. <span class="mu-i">"Yeah, something like that."</span>
Chuu Lee considers her student. <span class="mu-i">"I'll be honest, there's still a lot I need you to explain to me. There's what Videl's been saying, and seeing you in that funk back there shaved some years off my life. I'm worried about you."</span>
Peppa narrows her eyes, mind too flummoxed to make a response to that. What was Videl saying? And what does she need to explain? And there's no need to worry about her, she has this handled! "Teach, I-"
Chuu Lee places a hand on her head, and ruffles her hair. <span class="mu-i">"But you're looking out for someone else, and that means you've got your priorities straight. I trust you to see this through, so please trust I'll be there for you."</span>
Peppa squirms abashedly in this mushiness. "Mrgrgr, <span class="mu-i">I trust you!"</span>
Chuu Lee withdraws her hand, winks and gives a two-fingered salute, then teleports off with Cookie.
Thanks to the wonders of telepathy, that whole conversation took place in five seconds!
She tugs the cyborg boy up off the ground, and asks him, "Can you move your arm?"
He nods, and moves his bionic arm around. The cannon's emitter is still gleaming with heat, similar to a car's cigarette lighter. "Yessum, but it'll be awhile before This Machine can fire another one of those."
"Can you switch it over to that extendable arm?"
He focuses, and his arm cannon morphs into a metal hand. "Sure can, but it don't look like it'll be up for delicate work anytime soon. Burning red and all."
Peppa gazes at the gleaming robot hand. <span class="mu-i">"It's burning red..."</span> She swallows her drool, and more seriously says, "Master Monkey has a job for This Youngster!"
Well, she said that as seriously as she could? 