Steeltread snarled, the treads visibly jerking as he opened his mouth---
"This is getting us nowhere. He's part of the issue, but not the whole, or even most of it," Megatron snapped, stalking forward from where he'd been slouched against the wall. "You can't take care of a problem you don't know where it plugs into the greater machine, Prime."
Usually, Megatron had good patience for plans taking their time. This wasn't his plan, however, and the situation - as well as the injuries he'd got from fighting the sparkeater, and the sparkeater itself - was wearing at what patience he had.
"A public without insight into the mines or their workings; if the Senate or your predecessors would have wanted to silence any whistleblower, they could easily do so. We'd need someone... important to acually care." Megatron paused, sneering at Steeltread's stunned expression. He was not doing this for him.
Then he turned his glare back at Optimus, giving the Prime a rough - and very disrespectful - jab at his chestplates. "And also to look further than the end of their altmode's front, questioning things." Optimus' previous position being subject to a lot of questionable issues and corruption and lack of respect and consent or not, corruption, discrimination and unpleasant dealings went deeper in concern to other mechs, in other classes and functions.
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... yes, I do believe I do~
Date: 2012-07-10 09:18 pm (UTC)"This is getting us nowhere. He's part of the issue, but not the whole, or even most of it," Megatron snapped, stalking forward from where he'd been slouched against the wall. "You can't take care of a problem you don't know where it plugs into the greater machine, Prime."
Usually, Megatron had good patience for plans taking their time. This wasn't his plan, however, and the situation - as well as the injuries he'd got from fighting the sparkeater, and the sparkeater itself - was wearing at what patience he had.
"A public without insight into the mines or their workings; if the Senate or your predecessors would have wanted to silence any whistleblower, they could easily do so. We'd need someone... important to acually care." Megatron paused, sneering at Steeltread's stunned expression. He was not doing this for him.
Then he turned his glare back at Optimus, giving the Prime a rough - and very disrespectful - jab at his chestplates. "And also to look further than the end of their altmode's front, questioning things." Optimus' previous position being subject to a lot of questionable issues and corruption and lack of respect and consent or not, corruption, discrimination and unpleasant dealings went deeper in concern to other mechs, in other classes and functions.