Staring hard at the grinning Prime, Megatron finally nodded, a small, sharp smirk of his own forming as he relaxed, infinitesmally. He got it, all right, and he was even inclined to believe him in this.
Whether something came along later to prove the opposite or not, Optimus had just had a rather... hm, only most flimsily coated in a veneer of speculation discussion about rather... illegal methods to change the structure of production, manufacture and employment.
"Death has its place." And he did believe it had. What Megatron didn't believe in, however... He raised one hand to potentially stop Optimus from saying whatever he might been about to say, considering his statement earlier.
"What wouldn't be useful, however, is if the one with the mostt power unequivocally believes in a captial punishment and would use it indiscriminately... but at the same time, you'd have to be ready to use it." He paused, optics narrowing as he looked the Prime over. "Even that merely means willingness to listen to someone, whoever that may be, that you... ah, trust, who is willing and able to consider spark-death."
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Whether something came along later to prove the opposite or not, Optimus had just had a rather... hm, only most flimsily coated in a veneer of speculation discussion about rather... illegal methods to change the structure of production, manufacture and employment.
"Death has its place." And he did believe it had. What Megatron didn't believe in, however... He raised one hand to potentially stop Optimus from saying whatever he might been about to say, considering his statement earlier.
"What wouldn't be useful, however, is if the one with the mostt power unequivocally believes in a captial punishment and would use it indiscriminately... but at the same time, you'd have to be ready to use it." He paused, optics narrowing as he looked the Prime over. "Even that merely means willingness to listen to someone, whoever that may be, that you... ah, trust, who is willing and able to consider spark-death."