[audio] - from somewhere in Liege's temple which is NOT his room

[angleofscience]

[Things were completely wrong, and this wasn't where he ought to be, but he wasn't sure if Starscream's precense was more of a surprise than all the proof of things being off were.]

I want to know anything different from whatever you term as normal that might have happened in the last sixty hours or so.

[That wasn't a request by the way, and Jetfire's voice is recognisable, but much sharper than he'd usually sound - mostly to hide his frustrated confusion over what he found when he looked over himself to see what was different in conjunction to the different place he woke up in and found the Link.

He's looked through it, and what in the name of Cybertron was that?]

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[angleofscience]

... No, I wouldn't think you would.

[He doesn't want to admit it, and he manages to keep his expression straight, but he's slightly amused. Even if it's also frustrating.]

But... despite what I might have gained by staying, I'm not sure it's better.

[That's probably the most honest he's been able to be with Starscream since before the Nemesis left and then disappeared.]

[aerospacecommander]

Why not? Would you rather spend millions of years attempting to murder one another?

[angleofscience]

[Why did you have to ask that question? Jetfire stares quietly for a moment, and then frowns, dragfing a hand down his faceplates.]

... No. [Because after this long, he can't really say that's what he'd want.] That... seems sub-optimal as well.

[But it doesn't make him feel any better, but he's not quite capable of saying he'd want to have spent all this time facing Starscream as his enemy.]

[aerospacecommander]

Kind of a catch-22, isn't it? Either way, something bad happens no matter what.

[Starscream shrugs his shoulders.]

[angleofscience]

... Catch-22? [Sorry, Starscream, but alternate reality or actual reality, he hasn't been on Earth long enough to know terms like that.]

Though if I understand the context right, apparently so.

[aerospacecommander]

It means ...

...

Well, I don't know what exactly it means.

[Or how to explain it rather. Why can't you just know these things Jetfire.]

[angleofscience]

[Just putting your foot on Earth won't give you knowledge of all the slang in all the languages of that planet - and anyway, at present he hasn't even put his foot on Earth yet!]

... And yet you use it?

[So dry, though there's a brightening in his optics where he can't quite hide the surprise of being amused by something Starscream's said. It was a long time ago that happened.]

[aerospacecommander]

It seemed fitting at the time.

[angleofscience]

I suppose it doesn't matter. I understood the... er, spirit of it.

[He's a bit annoyed, but making provisions for Starscream is something he's so used to he doesn't even think about it.]