You'd like to learn more about me? I thank you for your time, and gladly, I will share.

As I've already introduced myself, my name is Tea. I was born of planet Chektra, inhabiting the body of a Cawl, a being that you would recognise as being similar to a large slug. My job was to consume the industrial waste generated by the Chektra empire, as our species was specially designed to process materials inedible to the rest of our society. While I understand this sounds demeaning, I want to make but one thing clear - the only degradation taking place was via being looked down upon by the civilisation for our role. I hold true to the belief that my role was just as noble as any other Chektraian - No, moreso, for there should have never been pride in the subjugation the empire built its name upon. But that is besides the point.

This planet, Chektra, was where I made my first friends. Biskos and Malachra, renegades of their echelon, took me in, treated me as their equal, and for that they will always have my gratitude. Together we hatched a plot to escape this planet, but the technology was beyond our grasp and things did not go to plan. By reasons that were beyond our comprehension at the time, I wound up in the body I now inhabit, mechanical, and as I would come to learn, humanoid. Not only that, but I found myself on the distant, alien planet of Earth.

I would learn about this planets culture and history, thanks to the efforts of newfound friends, and though displaced from my past, I would find a home anew.

Now, I fear to divulge any more here would be a detriment to the story I wish to tell you. So, this is where I will end my prelude. But, for those who prefer some lighter reading, I will leave for you some "fun facts."

• My favourite music genre is electronic, especially that which carries tones of melancholy. A lot of lyricism was hard for me to grasp at first, as we didn't have much music back home, nor its lyrical traditions. Though I do admit I also enjoy John's more upbeat tastes, whether lyrical or devoid, as his energy can easily brighten my mood even at the worst of times.
• I enjoy all sorts of human cuisine, even if it was hard to replicate with our limited access to ingredients. The variety of your dishes is one of the marvels of your people.
• I have a fondness for your art form of animation. The notion that you held so much regard for the world and ideas around you that you would dedicate such significant time to depicting it by your own hands is amazing. I've particularly taken a liking to the medium I believe you call "anime," which I discovered through John's teachings of humanity's first robotic performer and role model, the great "Hatsune Miku."