He gave the cooling corpse a sidelong glance briefly unsure as to how he should deal with it. He itched, processor and frame rattled from the fight and confrontation. ...Mostly the fight. Clearly he had been coddled as Prime for far too long if he was getting that warm from a skirmish like that, potentially deadly or not.
Finally, he simply motioned to the guards with a silent ping, who approached to pick it up for transport with extreme reluctance. Perhaps the medics and scientists could learn more from the remains; maybe even devise a way to track the horrors while still alive.
A few more comm pings and orders for additional guards, and he was done. Optimus nodded at Megatron, motioning back toward the surface, mask failing to completely hide his smirk.
In which Prime avoids admitting things even to himself
He gave the cooling corpse a sidelong glance briefly unsure as to how he should deal with it. He itched, processor and frame rattled from the fight and confrontation. ...Mostly the fight. Clearly he had been coddled as Prime for far too long if he was getting that warm from a skirmish like that, potentially deadly or not.
Finally, he simply motioned to the guards with a silent ping, who approached to pick it up for transport with extreme reluctance. Perhaps the medics and scientists could learn more from the remains; maybe even devise a way to track the horrors while still alive.
A few more comm pings and orders for additional guards, and he was done. Optimus nodded at Megatron, motioning back toward the surface, mask failing to completely hide his smirk.
"Now we can move on."