voice, forward dated post rescue

[ex_dishonestly997]

[it is still not decepticon to admit weakness so this post sounds hella jovial]

Next time it looks like I want an all-expenses paid vacation to Cybertron-knows-where, I'm not going to risk it. I'll just book a few days off from whatever it is stressing my processor and do the mountain retreat thing. Or drink.

So. Giving due credit to the planet for an overdue and pretty decent assassination attempt - I think, still a little fuzzy on that, I'll get back to you - what else have I missed? Vandal, how's your flimsy excuse for a house, any stiff breezes take it down yet? Blurr, are you still overworking yourself? Miko, Knock Out, your friends ever turn up? Soundwave, I'm thinking Sinatra? It's human, but nobody's perfect, right?

Megatron--...

...Still here?

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[Video: private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

So an idiot informed you. [his voice is dull again, quieter, withdrawn, far from the danger of hope.] You don't have to apologize to me.

Look, I... [briefly he looks away and blinks his optics off, letting out a frustrated and sustained hot vent in an attempt to cool down.]

...Thank you.

[it was insufficient, but in the face of that speech, that hurt on Megatron's face, he wasn't sure what recourse he had. Certainly didn't want to argue the point with Megatron, particularly when he was apologizing--it was a shocking relief that he hadn't uncovered some hidden nastiness in this Megatron that he was familiar with in his own.] --as for your Polyhex, I'm not saying you didn't suffer. I'm saying the Autobots in my world were no better than what you'd been told about us. Probably worse, considering the financial backing they had.

Just - it's complicated. It's really, really complicated.

I'm sorry I reacted like that.

[Video: private]

[a_father_to_his_men]

Perhaps in his world that kind of all inclusiveness is well placed, perhaps not, I can not know without asking more. All the same I have learned that I should set aside any preconceived notions about any one and learn them for myself.

I feel I owe you an apology, if not for what I said just a bit ago then for the short sidedness of allowing myself to judge individuals by a group concept.

You had every right to react as you did, my words were less well measured than I had hoped and they clearly did you injustice by that. My greatest worry is that I have managed to strain our friendship, which I value greatly. I do not expect you to deny any strain, but I hope you will honestly tell me if there is still something discomforting you in our discussion so that I can do what I can to sooth any harm I have caused.

[Video: private]

[ex_dishonestly997]

It's all right. I mean it, it's okay.

Just relax, you haven't caused any intentional harm. [mutters] It's not like I'm happy with what the war turned into, anyway.

I don't expect you not to try to apply your experience in a general sense to this world. That's what people do. [he just wishes Megs weren't so similar in voice and appearance to his Megs, so when he applies his experience it's not so... affecting.] And I can't expect you not to be who you are.

[Video: private]

[a_father_to_his_men]

My worry is hardly about intentional harm, but harm despite a lack of intent.

Nor do I expect you to be someone you are not, this includes feeling unjustly accused if it sounds to you as if that were happening.