Robots vs. Allies

Larkin and her friend Eli have very different world views and this comes through loud and clear in their imaginary play. Larkin likes to overcome obstacles. Eli likes to *create* obstacles. Really, it's a match made in heaven. I clearly remember one of their exchanges several months ago after a good couple of hours of battling robots and monsters that just wouldn't succumb no matter what potential solutions Larkin came up with:

L: I'm getting in my spaceship and going to a planet where everyone is my friend. Do you want to come and be King?
E: No! I'm getting in my own spaceship and going to a planet where Giant Robots will try to kill me!
L: Okay. Good luck.

Eli and his brother Micah are staying with us this week. Overheard today (after more prolonged battling of robots and monsters):

E: Look! That robot has a button on its foot!
L: Oh good! I'll push that button and it will become our friend!
E: Nonono! That button will make it DIE!
L: Oh no! I didn't push it! I didn't push it!
E: But don't you want it to die?
L: No, I want to make friends with it so it will go back to the other robots and convince them we're nice. Then we'll have a potluck all together.
E: I'm going to play computer games.

I'm not usually one for exclamation points, but sometimes there's no other punctuation to do the trick.