::Good. See that he doesn't. We can add some sort of random medical checks for Bombshell's devices instead, which should help more for than just this sort of thing. It might frag off Ratchet a bit until he gets used to it, but would be better all around. Toss that idea around with Red and see what he thinks.::
Optimus shook his head as Cliffjumper's gaze dropped, disappointed in his 'bot and sad that he even had to have this conversation at all with the red mech. He was fond of Cliffjumper, but that didn't excuse his behavior.
"While blind optimism has no place in this war, much to my regret, please see that your preemptive caution is more restrained in the future, Cliffjumper. The fact of the matter is, I already knew what Mirage was doing. In fact, I requested this from him in the first place."
The Prime paused to let that sink in, slowly rising to his feet after one final pat against the half-carved rock.
"I'm afraid you'll be reporting to Prowl for an appropriate punishment detail - if this had happened in front of other Autobots, the fallout to both morale and Mirage's personal well-being here would have been very poorly effected. Dismissed."
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Optimus shook his head as Cliffjumper's gaze dropped, disappointed in his 'bot and sad that he even had to have this conversation at all with the red mech. He was fond of Cliffjumper, but that didn't excuse his behavior.
"While blind optimism has no place in this war, much to my regret, please see that your preemptive caution is more restrained in the future, Cliffjumper. The fact of the matter is, I already knew what Mirage was doing. In fact, I requested this from him in the first place."
The Prime paused to let that sink in, slowly rising to his feet after one final pat against the half-carved rock.
"I'm afraid you'll be reporting to Prowl for an appropriate punishment detail - if this had happened in front of other Autobots, the fallout to both morale and Mirage's personal well-being here would have been very poorly effected. Dismissed."