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[The audio starts up out of the blue, with only a brief pause at the beginning. Even so, every word seems deliberate and carefully chosen.]

Sorry about the timin'a this, but... I've been thinkin' a lot lately. Dangerous habit, I know.

This is the third multidimensional hub I've been in. I've gotten ripped out of dimensions more than I can explain. I've gone backwards in time twice... forwards once. Turned into a human and a cat. Heh, got haiku-powered jet boosters for a while. I rebuilt my own legs from scratch. I've had my processor picked over more times than I'd like. I've lost more friends than I ever wanted to... and made a few more than I've expected. Including a few that were too stubborn to give up on me when they should have. I've seen how how our wars start... and I've seen them end.

And the one ending was enough. Three hubs has been too much, and I'm too old. I know too much that would compromise this Cybertron's chance at having its own future.

I can't stay.

I have a few things to finish up, still, but in a week... I'm leaving. I've heard rumors of a place in the Outlands that could use someone like me, and I've dug out the clues I need to get there.

I'll be contacting a few of you individually; this is what the humans call the Season of Giving, and I have things to give you. Call them parting gifts if you will.

{{Individuals on this list will be getting special presents as listed, though if Barricade is so much as a passing acquaintance of his you can expect a few cubes of high grade left outside your door (or a six-pack of beer if you're human).))

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[Thankfully, millennia of being the Guy With Something To Hide has paid off in a masterful poker face that covers his mental screaming.]

Never had the chance before myself, so I thought I'd try it on and see how it fits.
It's not too shabby, all in all. I won't get ripped away with regrets.

Say, you're... Chromedome, right? Seen you on the network a couple times, I think.

[He was wondering when you'd call.]

[While Chromedome is surprised the Barricade even knows his name.]

I've been around, here and there. You're... uh... Barricade, am I right?

[See, he sort of remembers.]

Sorry we're finally talking now when you're about to leave.

[Even if Barricade hates Soundwaves, he monitors the Link like he is one. He grins and dips his head slightly.]

Right as rain, darlin'~

Same here. But it happens, sometimes. Not meeting someone until they up and leave. It means we'll miss each other at our most embarrassing and awkward, so there is that.

That's unfortunate.

If you're not going right away, we can always hang out at the bar for a bit.

It'll be fun.

That would be wonderful. Unfortunately I've got a thing or two to finish up, before I leave. Apparently I gave myself a few too many projects.

And well. Plannin' on spending the last few days I'm here with Blurr, if he gets back in time.

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