"... Oh." Grimacing, Cliffjumper scrubbed his faceplates and wasn't sure whether he was annoyed or feeling embarrassed. "Why does everything gotta be a ritual anyway?"

Had he just missed something about how things were done at this level of society, or was it just that the Paradronians were way too obsessed with religion and ritual?

... Considering what they'd seen so far, it might be the latter, but that wasn't very encouraging, really.