Penokio raised his hand as if to strike the low-budget bare-bones mechanical construct, and it immediately flinched, its knees bending in terror, its arms coming up to shield its face. Wearing a thoroughly undisturbed expression, Penokio turned to the ever so brilliant young inventor, with a very good question on his mind.

"Say, why does this robot feel fear?" Penokio asked.

"Isn't it absolutely adorable?!" Jonathan smiled brightly. "I managed to program in basic emotions! I know I shouldn't have, but I had too much fun while I was designing their artificial intelligence! They're now going to fawn over cute things and recoil from scary things! They'll be the cutest little robots ever!" The young engineer smiled brightly as he looked like he was going to get all the praise from his teacher for this brilliant invention.

"Sure, that's amazing and all..." Penokio noted, looking over and seeing two of the robots kneeling down and making odd noises cuddling with a cat that did not seem to appreciate their mechanical hands. "... But you DO realize these were invented to go to BATTLE, right?"

"Yes! Of course! Is there a problem?" Jonathan asked, tilting his head a little, looking confused and happy at Penokio.

"... How long would it take to recall all the robots and remove their fear?" Penokio asked, a kind of tired stare looking at the brilliant young engineer.

"Oh, dear, seeing how they're already being mass-produced, and... Wait, maybe I could design a tower that could change all their programming at once... Let's see... About three seasons?" Jonathan calculated the time it would take to research the Fearless trait on his fingers, getting a very focused look as he did. "But why would we ever do that?" He asked, looking back at his teacher in confusion.

"... No reason." Penokio said with an exhausted tone, as he left Jonathan smiling at his robot creations while he himself went out into the corridor and started hitting his head into the wall a few times. Jonathan's very difficult to deal with sometimes...