"No, you're not," Jazz agreed, eyeing the smaller mech seriously. He caught that little twitch, but allowed to it pass unremarked upon- but inwardly, Jazz allowed himself a brief congratulations at a suspicion increasingly proven correct. It might make things go a tiny bit easier.
"But unfortunately, you're the only 'bot for the job."
He gestured vaguely back up toward the conference rooms on the other side of the ship.
"See, like I said, the Paradron's do things a little differently. Most, if not all, of the envoy they sent us are made up of Priests of Primus. Which is why they decided they wanted Mirage instead of ah real diplomat. Mirage is technically in charge of the whole sect for Cybertron - a real honor, to have him be the one comin' to their planet. Of course, we agreed."
He sighed.
"The problem is one of those little 'differences'. Accordin' to Mirage, the Paradrons seem to have come from a portion of the religion based around spark-bondin', and it's use as some sort of religious grounding. To simplify it - every single priest has a spark-bonded sensitive as a partner. To not, is a sort of scandalous taboo to be fixed at first opportunity."
He paused to let it sink in - and to see if Cliffjumper would catch on.
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Date: 2014-12-11 07:48 pm (UTC)"But unfortunately, you're the only 'bot for the job."
He gestured vaguely back up toward the conference rooms on the other side of the ship.
"See, like I said, the Paradron's do things a little differently. Most, if not all, of the envoy they sent us are made up of Priests of Primus. Which is why they decided they wanted Mirage instead of ah real diplomat. Mirage is technically in charge of the whole sect for Cybertron - a real honor, to have him be the one comin' to their planet. Of course, we agreed."
He sighed.
"The problem is one of those little 'differences'. Accordin' to Mirage, the Paradrons seem to have come from a portion of the religion based around spark-bondin', and it's use as some sort of religious grounding. To simplify it - every single priest has a spark-bonded sensitive as a partner. To not, is a sort of scandalous taboo to be fixed at first opportunity."
He paused to let it sink in - and to see if Cliffjumper would catch on.