["Let loose", huh? Cliffjumper scowls a bit, and then shrugs.]

That's 'cause we ain't just got programmin' to decide everything like your normal A.I does. We're a mechanoid species, not really robots. What makes us what we are are our sparks [There's a miniscule pause as memory files regarding rarefied energon, the nature of sparks and... no. Shaking his helm, the blue glow of his optics refocuses.] which are kinda like balls of energy.

[Close enough. Robot souls, yay.]