Ironically enough, he doesn't make the connection at first. Still thinking about his duty as a Prime and staring down at his plate in thought, he takes a rather sullen bite out of his energon goodie.

"Doing something productive rather than listening to senators give the same excuses over...and over...? Ah?" His armor shivers belatedly at the contact, and he gives Elita a wide-optic'd stare.

"...Um."