"All true indeed," Optimus laughed right back, sharply pleased by Megatron's own reaction.

"I have done that before, though. It only made him yell at the other guards and sulk over the idea I was going to get myself killed. He's much more entertaining when I listen in, mention an audial ache, and then remind him just who he spent a breem yelling at."

When Ironhide remembered he was a Prime rather than a trainee, he got so flustered and embarrassed Optimus couldn't help but be amused. Meanwhile, they continued flying South from Iacon, the high clearance of the Prime's shuttle convoy allowing them to make fast progress through the skies...which quickly began to turn dark and bleak from the upturned and dug-up lands below.