"I can want to make sure you're okay too, thank you very much," Orion huffed, swatting at Megatron's unsplattered side.

"Just because you're the umpteeth-time arena champion doesn't mean you can't be injured by...by whatever those things were."

It wasn't easy to admit, mostly because the idea was so horrific, but Orion had to agree that those beings had not been normal people. Not anymore, if they ever were at all.

"But ah. Thank you? For both saving us and, well..." He gestured vaguely with the arm he'd used to block the creature, oddly pleased that Megatron thought his flailing was worth compliment.