Sonic Clan adjourned the coalition meeting soon after. We were still waiting for all the construction to be completed. There was not much left to do. I asked 02 if he knew where which Foundry they were going to. He nodded his head and said "Yeah. They were really excited to be going." "I know you can't give me the specifics, but just tell me if it is the one near us somewhere in the desert." He glared at me. "No." was all that he said before walking away. That was all I needed to know. When we got back to Dwan Town, I gave the 4 lottery winners the blueprints and money and told them to go to the one we usually went to. They were excited and rushed to get into one of the many cabs we had waiting in the depot. Watching them drive off, the other AEP units were envious. I knew that they would be gone for a month in-game. It was a massive task to build them from scratch. It was fine because the hangars and such would be ready by the time they came back. We would just need to bide our time until then. I did not trust the general to not try and put up a road block to stop the coalition's launch.
I got a call from 03 the day after. He said that he wanted to hang out. There was nothing on my schedule. All of the building was lined up to go one after another. I did not need to be there to micro manage. I told him that I would meet him at the gym. Driving up there was fine. When I got there, 01 and 03 were waiting in the lobby. As soon as they saw me, they dragged me over to the equipment and made me go through an entire routine with them. It sucked. Next was playing volleyball with them. That was better as we were all on the same team and facing off against some other humans. We destroyed them all and moved on. It was already quite the day out. I needed to catch my breath for a bit. They just shared a look as I went to sit on a bench. They stood in front of me on either side. I was looking down until 01 tapped me on the shoulder. I looked up to see they were both smiling at me. That was actually dangerous. "What is it, guys?" I asked nervously. 01 said "You told our leader that you finally respected us." I just sighed at them. "That's not true, guys." I said. They looked very shocked.
They leaned closer to me. "What? Do you meant it's not true!?" 01 snapped. "Were you lying to us all this time!?" 03 demanded. I rolled my eyes. "You guys clearly do not get it yet, so I guess I have to spell it out for you now. You are not going to get it unless I do that for you babies." I said, annoyed. They looked insulted. I did not care. "It's not something that I felt suddenly. I've always respected you. I was there in the beginning when you were born. Of course I care about all 3 of you." They looked at each other. "I don't believe you. We fought all the time in the beginning." 03 said. "That's because you 3 are Conquerors. Any display of my self respect as a human makes you think I am being disrespectful to you. I needed to set boundaries so you knew you could not just try to dominate me." I explained. Both of them frowned. "Of course we have to dominate you. You're a human." 01 said. "I want to dominate you now." 03 added in agreement. I said "No thank you. If we are going to be friends, we have to learn to see each other as equals." That made them pause. They did not know how to do that.
