It helped somewhat, but given the coming event, Megatron's continued 'looming' didn't have the usual comforting connotations it usually had.

"That all sounds...reasonable," Orion agreed, thinking on the matter himself for a moment. At least it was a distraction.

"I suppose 'carbonate' works, if you don't mind my continuation of the theme. I'm hardly a chemist, and if something like that comes up during...something like this, some thing is clearly wrong as it is."

His smile was rather wry, but at least he made the attempt.