::Perhaps not. But that doesn't make me any less sick of it.:: Optimus argued with a electronic sigh.
::And Insecticons or not, we cannot afford to continue in this way. And if we are not safe from them right outside the base, we have even greater problems than that, Jazz.::
"While I am glad that you were considering more options that it initially appeared, if you had simply taken more time to observe you would have noticed that Mirage was in fact doing something very close to 'carving a statue'."
Shaking his head, Optimus approached the rock, kneeling down down to examine the markings with a unusual amount of care.
Reverence, almost.
"Why would he leave such obvious markings, if it were code?"
A large blue finger traced the now-hardened gilding, which glinted in Earth's sun.
"Why make it so obvious, so detailed, if it were not, in fact, meant to be noticed?"
Without standing, the Prime turned enough to give Cliffjumper a disappointed stare, low enough to look the minibot right in the optics.
"Such level caution and paranoia has a place. The barest of provocations is not it."
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Date: 2013-11-19 11:06 am (UTC)::And Insecticons or not, we cannot afford to continue in this way. And if we are not safe from them right outside the base, we have even greater problems than that, Jazz.::
"While I am glad that you were considering more options that it initially appeared, if you had simply taken more time to observe you would have noticed that Mirage was in fact doing something very close to 'carving a statue'."
Shaking his head, Optimus approached the rock, kneeling down down to examine the markings with a unusual amount of care.
Reverence, almost.
"Why would he leave such obvious markings, if it were code?"
A large blue finger traced the now-hardened gilding, which glinted in Earth's sun.
"Why make it so obvious, so detailed, if it were not, in fact, meant to be noticed?"
Without standing, the Prime turned enough to give Cliffjumper a disappointed stare, low enough to look the minibot right in the optics.
"Such level caution and paranoia has a place. The barest of provocations is not it."