"Anywhere not here," El assured her, "There's a town outside these walls, might not be too safe but we can at least hide out."

The mechanic knew that these automatons had to have rules or something that kept the restaurant going. But what those rules were, it was up in the air. "I blast 'em, you whack 'em an' we run for it, all right?"

Simple plan, yes, and risky to boot as it involved getting close enough.