"Well. A Prime does love to know that his Highlord isn't planning on killing him." His reply was completely dry and he shook his head slowly. He hadn't really expected much better, but hearing it out loud...
It was part of the very reasoning that had driven the Matrix to prod him into initiating the Merge so quickly. Primes have been killed by their Highlords before.
As have Primes murdered their Highlords. All for varying reasons, but despite the intentions most ended in chaos either way. One such split had ended the tradition of having a Highlord entirely, after the Lord murdered his Prime and was killed in turn by her favored consort in revenge.
Optimus vented out with a huff, rubbing a fingertip along the bridge between his optics. The surge of memory-knowledge was unexpected, but happening frequently since the merge. It was clearly an intended side-effect, probably meant to caution them both, but now was not his preferred time for either a history lesson or memory-trade with Megatron.
That smirk was making him grumpy again. And he was still hungry.
"...And it might. If you trusted this mystery help that much, it says a lot about them. About how much I can trust them in turn." Which could be a good thing...or a bad thing. He isn't saying.
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Date: 2012-11-05 12:51 am (UTC)It was part of the very reasoning that had driven the Matrix to prod him into initiating the Merge so quickly. Primes have been killed by their Highlords before.
As have Primes murdered their Highlords. All for varying reasons, but despite the intentions most ended in chaos either way. One such split had ended the tradition of having a Highlord entirely, after the Lord murdered his Prime and was killed in turn by her favored consort in revenge.
Optimus vented out with a huff, rubbing a fingertip along the bridge between his optics. The surge of memory-knowledge was unexpected, but happening frequently since the merge. It was clearly an intended side-effect, probably meant to caution them both, but now was not his preferred time for either a history lesson or memory-trade with Megatron.
That smirk was making him grumpy again. And he was still hungry.
"...And it might. If you trusted this mystery help that much, it says a lot about them. About how much I can trust them in turn." Which could be a good thing...or a bad thing. He isn't saying.