It was obvious that this had taken more out of Optimus than Megatron, though he knew that he'd intermittently and partly shared or taken over in running their combined systems earlier. He still didn't feel as wrung out as Optimus seemed to, despite feeling drained.

It felt somewhat like some part had been... recharged, for lack of a better word. Like... well, like the item... device... whatever it was, stuck into the bottom of his spark chamber suddenly hummed with power, connected to a source far larger than its own, and sharing that while the Prime relaxed.

"Not that it seems we'll need to, but I hope you can still move these if it becomes necessary," Megatron said with a slight smirk, amusement over the slackness easily filtering over their connection. Though the weight of them, draped as they were over their frames were pleasant as well.

The reminder of the programming had Megatron frowning; oh, he was pleased the actual usefulness of it had been disabled, but...

"Is that quite necessary?" The question was accompanied by a not-completely-gentle drum of his fingers against the shoulder his hand had been resting against.

For all that it lacked any use now, it felt all the more like a leash.