Nodding in acknowledgement, Mirage continued to stare for a moment before shaking himself out of the shock.

Hardly a proper way to handle a compliment, unexpected or not! Even from an unlikely source.

He glanced away for several moments, allowing Cliffjumper time to recover from his obvious embarrassment, and to think.

Unfortunately, the pacing was more of a distraction than he anticipated.

Mirage winced at the constant moving and flickering of Cliffjumper's headlights. The constant adjustments it was forcing on his optics, while normally not worth noticing, was driving his headache intensity up in increments.

"...Must you pace like that? There really isn't much room for it, is there?"