<blockquote>It also didn’t help that the average glyph message was only three characters long, used no articles or prepositions, and usually had no verbs. What was the proper response to:: Curiosity; Sensation of great speed? Was it a question? A comparison? Why, after a brief visit by National Security Director Mearing, did four different ‘Bots send:: Emphasis; overlapping? Why was a particularly bad joke by Bulkhead derided as ::Undercharged when there were actual glyphs for Not funny and Humor fail? How did any of that work?</blockquote>
➤ an ethnographer embedded with the Transformers on Earth; the two cultures try to understand each other. I'm so into alien cultural interactions!
➤ There's sequels but it got to be a bit much, I'm happy with just the first fic
