"Um, technically? My people are actual mechanical aliens from the planet Cybertron," First Aid explains, a little chagrined that he failed to realize Erin might not know he's a robot earlier. "Our ship crashed on Earth some six million years ago and knocked all of my comrades into stasis. They woke up in 1984 and built me and the rest of my team later that year. Human-built mechanicals are still a little basic, but I'm sure it's just a matter of time until they catch up. In the meantime my people are proud allies of humanity -- we've even had a seat on the UN security council since 1993!"

Cheerfully, he explains, "They had to tweak the charter a little to let us in, since at the time we didn't technically control a sovereign territory. It was a real honor!"