Of Sentience and Predator

A10: Secrets

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Ben leaned back, hissing when his head hit the wall.

"You ok?" EightEight chirped, briefly stopping from what she was reading off of the Dragoon badge.

"I'm fine," Ben replied, giving a thumbs up. "Just can't find what Dracula is on the Lifeform Data Pad."

"Oof," Kevin grinned from next to Gwen. Gwen continued to read the pad as Ben glared at the maybe-human.

Gwen then questioned, "So the Omnitrix gives my transformations clothes, right? And technically, these 'water bubble' things are clothes, right? So why doesn't the Omnitrix give Tiamat a water bubble when I transform into her?"

"Starray can't have water bubbles," Ben sighed before leaning forward and returning his attention to the pad.

EightEight chuckled slightly, shaking her head before returning to the badge. She continued to scroll as the Wyrmlings continued to talk.

"Hey Ben, does it say if any of your forms are sapient? For some reason, each one of Gwen's forms on the pad specifies it," Kevin asked.

Ben stalled for a brief second, seeming going back to the top of the page on the pad. "No...? It just says that they're sentient, not if they're sapient or not," Ben answered.

"Sapient means knowledgeable. Sentient just means they have emotions. Sapient creatures always have sentience, but sentience doesn't always mean sapience," Gwen stated somewhat randomly.

"So we don't know. Great," Kevin deadpanned. Ben hummed before returning to the spot he was at.

"I forgot this was today," EightEight randomly said.

"What is?" Ben asked, looking towards EightEight.

She looked over again and answered, "I forgot that each year on the same day, the Dragoon base here does a 'field day' for the lack of a better term. They set up food stands and games outside and anyone is welcome to join in."

"That sounds like fun," Ben replied.

"What does?" Kevin asked, getting Gwen to look up from the pad.

"You know how some cities have yearly shows or festivals?" Ben started.

"Oh, there's one happening in Sparksville today?" Gwen chirped, excitement in her voice.

"That's basically what Sister EightEight said," Ben nodded.

"Sister Afri, can we go participate?" Gwen almost immediately asked once Ben was finished.

EightEight answered, "All that's required is that creatures who do so wear their Dragoon masks, mainly for safety reasons. Don't ask me why, that's just what the notice says."

"Sister Eight said that we'll need to wear the disguising mask things, but other than that we can," Ben relayed. Gwen grinned.

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"There is Sparksville, sir," a drone stated, tapping a button and bringing up a hologram video screen of the city below. The kraken stared its sharp, red eyes at the screen, observing the colorfully dressed humans as they played games and ate together.