It wasn't hard to hear the slightly strange tone of voice, but this was likely Optimus' first sparkeater, so Megatron was inclined to ignore that reaction... Until the nod, which was not very characteristic of what he'd seen so far of the Prime.
Staring after Optimus as he walked away, optics narrow, Megatron walked over to lean against the wall, crossed his arms and scowled. Something had been off about that reaction, but why? Unless the Prime wasn't as tolerant as he'd seemed (and Megatron was kind of getting annoyed at himself for using that conditional nearly all the time), he hadn't seemed to have minded the kick...
And he decided all on his own to go to the mines, so that couldn't be it either...
While Megatron tried to turn that problem around in his processor, Steeltread nearly quailed and then straightened even as the Prime came up to him.
"We... I mean. Sparkeaters are a common hazard, Prime." Steeltread straightened, expression closing off. "You can ask your miner companion over there." He nodded to the large, tank-alted mech glaring narrowly at the floor where he stood up against the wall. He still couldn't figure out how a gladiator had started out a miner, but it was neither unheard of, nor impossible; gladiators were only seldom actually sparked for it.
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Date: 2012-07-02 08:23 pm (UTC)Staring after Optimus as he walked away, optics narrow, Megatron walked over to lean against the wall, crossed his arms and scowled. Something had been off about that reaction, but why? Unless the Prime wasn't as tolerant as he'd seemed (and Megatron was kind of getting annoyed at himself for using that conditional nearly all the time), he hadn't seemed to have minded the kick...
And he decided all on his own to go to the mines, so that couldn't be it either...
While Megatron tried to turn that problem around in his processor, Steeltread nearly quailed and then straightened even as the Prime came up to him.
"We... I mean. Sparkeaters are a common hazard, Prime." Steeltread straightened, expression closing off. "You can ask your miner companion over there." He nodded to the large, tank-alted mech glaring narrowly at the floor where he stood up against the wall. He still couldn't figure out how a gladiator had started out a miner, but it was neither unheard of, nor impossible; gladiators were only seldom actually sparked for it.