::It means, someone lied. Many someones.:: If he wasn't locked down with Prime-level encryptions he wouldn't even be voicing such ideas over the comm. The staggering scope of the deception merited no less.

He was trembling with rage on the inside, both his own and that of the Matrix. It had been used for so long, having a Prime that might actually do something made the voices of the ancient Primes to the song for change.

Calmly, he took the offered cake without betraying his inner conflict. Control, Optimus. Now is not the time.