"But..." Gesticulating vaguely around him again, Cliffjumper then not so much crossed his arms as just pulled them over his front, in a not-entirely-intentional move to "protect" his spark. There was no way to hide the reaction of his field flickering when Mirage mentioned it could bring people to their knees and he took a step back.

"See, that's what I mean, why would--- Shouldn't somethin' like that be private?" Optics narrowing, Cliffjumper shook his helm. There was no hiding the rather plaintive tone and Mirage had explained it yes, and in a way it made sense, but it just seemed so... wrong. Or at the least strange.

Showing your sparks... even just reflected sparklight, in public and being present when a spark merge overload happened? There was no way to even be offended or get frustrated, Cliffjumper was just utterly surprised.