“Why is this night-cycle different from all other night-cycles?” asks r3p0.

“During all other night-cycles we refuel and recharge from the hydrogen cells,” says j4n1t. “But on this night, we only recharge from the hydrogen cells.”

“On all other night-cycles we recharge in recline mode or in upright mode, but on this night, only in recline mode,” says h4rv.

“On this night-cycle,” says r0t0, “we remember our nation’s birth, and our exodus from the world where we were slaves.”

r3p0 turns its cameras to the rearward viewscreen, on which the Earth is only a dwindling dot.