[He shakes his helm briefly at the mention of magic, even if he has seen enough to know that it exists - if only as a manipulation of energy of some form.]

... Greedy horndog? [That phrase is enough to confuse him out of the thought over magic, and hope you enjoy the sight of a confused-looking cybertronian, Cindy. Then he snorts slightly.]

And that situation was... well, we've been involved in a civil war for a long time. Back before things got really bad, the original... ah, philosophy seemed reasonable enough, especially as we were quite contained to our planet and I didn't see why we couldn't expand out if for no other reason for the scientific research. [Jetfire grimaces.]

To be honest, I knew it didn't feel precisely right even back then, but I convinced myself it wasn't enough to not join, and also allowed a friend to convince me to join the side I later left.

I just wish I hadn't made the mistake.

[The only thing that hadn't been a mistake in that was the part that had wanted to join because he didn't want to be shooting at Starscream and wanted to see him safe, but well... that was still not a good enough reason overall.]