That Awkward Moment

[Zach]

Awkward silence was the order of the hour. After the machine proclaimed it's primary function was to defend the Human race against the Saiyan threat, the blonde boy didn't know what to say if anything. In the span of less then an hour so many new things had happened to him that Zach didn't know what to do. He was the farthest away from the farm as he'd ever been, was being treated with a positively enormous amount of respected for the first time in his life by one of the masters, had engaged in his first true battle, although it could hardly be called one given the underhanded tactics employed by the younger boy, met his first Tractor-man and now there was evidence that things are not as they should be, that the masters shouldn't actually be the masters at all. It was all so new and so confusing that the blonde wanted nothing more then to run back to his parent's shack.

he couldn't do that however, he was still out in the woods abutting the farm grounds, still with the young Saiyan woman and still holding the big ball that the Tractor-man had collapsed himself into. Zach didn't even know if Koli wanted him to carry the ball, the safe, both or neither, they hadn't spoken to each other yet and the extended silence was starting to transcend from awkward, to uncomfortable. Something had to be said though so the teen took the direct route regarding the logistics of their trip back while at the same time avoiding the awkwardness of discussing the Tractor-man's proclamation.

"Miss Koli, do you want me to carry this?" Zach asked, presenting the ball. "Or the safe or both? I think I can manage both if you want."

[Legendary]

"Huh? Oh, hm I'll take the safe for now, you can hold onto... that.." Koli said, she'd been preoccupied with thinking about everything that had just gone down and likewise was still trying to transition herself to a more calm mindset, the use of the unyielding force and a lack of actual combat left her aching to hit something but now was not a particularly good time for that, she needed to head back to the main house and explain the situation to her uncle. Before that however they would need to tuck the 'ball' away for a bit, she had no intention of letting anyone other than Zach know of it unless completely necessary, that... thing... could very well be a major asset and she didn't want it getting snatched up by someone else.

"Zach do you know somewhere good to hide that thing? I don't want anyone else poking at it until I've had a chance to take a look at it myself, I'm not amazing with technology but I know enough that I want to see what's up with it." Koli said as she walked over to the safe and lifted by the handle in the front and hefting it over her shoulder, the safe was rather heavy but not so much so that Koli felt the need to carry it in both hands, they only had to bring it to the main house which while a decent walk wouldn't be too bad. "I'm also going to need you to do me a favor Zach, don't say a word about that thing to anybody. As far as anyone needs to know you and me sent the thief packing are selves. I'll probably end up doing the majority of the explaining but the general idea I'm going to give my uncle is that you spotted the thief, we took off after him and forced him to abandon it in order to escape. I'll make sure he knows how much you did to try and keep him off me." Koli said with a nod, with any luck she'd have the 'whole story' figured out by the time they got back but worst case scenario she'd just fill in the blanks on the fly.

[Zach]

Standing by with the Tractor-man's ball, Zach nodded in acknowledgement when Koli instructed him to hold onto it although as she continued to speak, his understanding was somewhat shaken. She apparently wanted to keep the machine a secret from the other masters and although the blonde didn't exactly understand why, he would obey. She then went on to ask him if he knew of a place to stash the ball and for a few moments he was afraid to answer. It might very well have been a test to see if he or any other servant that the boy knew had a hiding place to keep things from the masters but that theory didn't fit very well with what he'd abserved of the young woman. She didn't seem the sort to use such tactics to get information but before Zach could utter a response she continued. Koli explained more about her intentions, that she would explain things to her uncle and tell him that the blonde had been of great help. However one thing that was conspicuously missing from her explaination was 'why.' Koli was very much one of the masters but she didn't act like it and it was perplexing the youth to no end.

"Yes Miss Koli, I think I know of a place it won't be found." Zach responded at last as the young woman hoisted the safe up off of the ground and they started to walk back towards the main esate. "While I don't understand why you want to keep this a secret, understanding is not important, only obediance. I'll only say what you've told me to so long as your uncle does not ask about details. I can't lie to him you understand, I can't lie to any of the masters. Thankfully what you've asked me to say is not a lie, we did do these things after all."

[Legendary]

Koli cringed slightly as Zach spoke claiming that understanding his orders was not important and instead only obedience was. She knew she would probably have to accept that Zach wasn't about to actually lie to anyone and just hope that Zach didn't end up getting questioned too thoroughly, she was rather confident that he would be able to find a good way to talk around the real answer considering it was in his favor. As well she would also have to hope that Zach could properly hide the ball. "Think you can figure out a good place to put it for now? Its probably not best that that thing comes with us to the estate and thats pretty much are first and only stop. If not we can just bury it somewhere and I'll get it to you after we're done.

Koli said realizing that at present they were essentially walking the 'kill all saiyans'-bot  directly into a distinctly saiyan-centric location. Even if the thing didn't properly understand what a Saiyan actually WAS she was rather certain it would be none to unlikely to spout off its directive too her uncle if he saw it and if it DID then it would be under immediate fire from her uncle and his lackys. At that point Koli herself would have to help trash it to keep things on the down-low and thats exactly what she wanted to avoid. The robot if she could either work with its programming or maybe if it had a smart enough AI just TALK to it would be a rather useful ally.

"Also, you CAN lie. Just don't get yourself caught." Koli said turning her head to give Zach a grin, she was vaguely curious exactly how he would respond to such a statement. Zach seemed to be all but completely brainwashed by his life here so she highly doubted he would actually listen to her but maybe just maybe with a bit more 'corrupting' he'd get there.

[Zach]

Walking along with Koli, Zach listened to her concerns that the ball should be hidden before they reach the estate that way it wouldn't be found on his person should he be searched. The blonde would have suggested that his baggy pants were the ideal place to hid the machine for now however with even the slightest posibility that the ball could be found and worse, hidden in his posession, Zach sided with caution. There was a low stone wall that boardered much of the estate's property and it would not be hard to hide the ball within the rocks. Before Zach had a chance to reply with his new sugestion the young woman went on, adding that he could lie. The very idea sent a chill up and then back down his spine, to lie to his master and be caught is unthinkable and like result in execution.

"Begging your pardon Miss Koli, but if were to ever lie and be caught, the master would probably have my head and those of my parents too." Zach responded and then continued. "No sir, Miss Koli I won't lie... I just won't volunteer anything that would get us in trouble." the blonde offered, providing a compromise between outright lying and hiding what they had discovered. "As for this, we can stash it in the rocks of the stone wall around the property if we steer a little to the right." the teen continued, offering up the posibility hiding the ball in the wall.