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[Have a view of Jetfire sitting on the ground... on what's probably not Cybertron, because the sky above and beyond the large jet is the stark black of a planetary body without an atmosphere... or a neglient such.

Which means when he starts speaking, it's actually his comm patched to the Link. The thing is...]

[WELL THAT SURE WASN'T TRANSLATED, GUYS. Apparently someone forgot they're out of easy reach for the link to work perfectly, and the transmission is actually cut...

Until a while later, when it pops back again, and this time Jetfire, looking slightly exasperated, is apparently close enough to Haven, because...]

It seems I... ah, forgot the Link doesn't have infinite reach. As I had intended to ask... A question for anyone who is human or has been to Earth and have reasonable understanding of human culture... What does it mean if you give someone a heart?

((ooc: Translated from what's in the image there; "A question... for anyone that's a human or has been to Earth. What is the particular meaning of gifting someone a heart?" So basically the same.))

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Different? How? [Curious statement, really.]

And confused. [He chuckles.] A gift is a gift, which is always pleasant, but given the strange choice I was confused.

Well, I don't know of many scientists back home. Aside from like. Shockwave.

Yeah, I can see where it would be weird. [Fracas laughs a little.] Especially when you don't know why they're giving you a heart.

[It would freak him out, certainly.]

Ah. Yes, that would explain it... And Shockwave is. Shockwave.

[He hasn't talked enough with one of the two Shockwave's present, but the one he'd talked some with certainly did seem to have similar strains to the one from his reality.]

Pretty much. [Another smile, and Jetfire shakes his helm.] But apparently he decided since he was giving a gift in conjunction with a human holiday, he should follow those conventions...

Despite, or rather even because of the confusion that would create.

I didn't talk to the one back home... but the one I met here has been really nice to me.

[He'll reserve his caution around Shockwaves for the ones that don't train him.]

Oh! He was doing it for... Valentine's Day? Yeah, from what I know that sounds a bit right, if... more visceral than usual.

The one that is alinged with Megatronus?

And yes. It was for that. At least as far as I could figure out from the circumstances.

[He chuckles a bit and shrugs.]

He always had a penchant for the... ah, dramatic, yes.

[Understatement of the vorn.]

Yeah. I usually just call him the spikey one, though. Seems to work.

Dramatic, huh?

[He knows one or two mechs that fit that bill.]

How 'dramatic' is that, out of curiosity?

[Well, that was certainly descriptive enough. Jetfire nods, a small, amused smile on his lips.]

Ah, well... He does like to get "trophies" of his fallen enemies. [He can't quite keep the grimace out of his voice or his face.] He does like to hear himself talk, and while the opinions are usually useful, his ambition can make it a bit... grating.

[It's hard to distill Starscream's drama into just a few words, really. If he should make it "fair" he'd need a lot more.]

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