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[4_toteachus]

[For a while after the pages thing, Four found it hard to get himself interested in anything. After all the chasing he had done, he's still all alone. His family isn't here, and he wonders if they'll ever be here. He knows that if he doesn't give himself something to do, he'll slowly drive himself crazy by sitting in a corner and going through every moment he had spent with each of his family members.

It doesn't take him long to give himself a project. He has made a few friends here, so maybe it's time to appreciate them. This is way better than sitting around and moping all day.]

Jetfire
Elita
Mirage
Starscream
Thundercracker
Soundwave
Kay
Wing
Raf
Ratchet

I have a present for you. I made them myself :)

Also I have a question for everyone else:

What makes something beautiful?

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[4_toteachus]

It's really sad that more than one of us has lost our world to war. In a universe where beautiful things are everywhere, why does it seem like war destroys it all? I can understand art, and love, and knowledge... but I don't know if I could ever truly understand war.

Is there beauty in war?

I haven't seen any from the point of view of an observer...

Why do people fight wars, Wing? Why do they feel the need to inflict harm and pain on each other? Is it out of love or hate?

[Oh whoops, he's getting so distracted by this conversation that he's almost forgot the real reason why he wanted to talk to Drift in the first place! He smiles and switches to video so he can show Wing what he made.]

When I first saw you in person, you looked like you had a great big pain deep inside you. I'm small, and there's not much I can do... but I made this so you can think of me and maybe smile a little. I'm your friend and I want you to be happy.

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[winged_knight]

It really is Four. I understand how wars happen, the steps as they occur, but they why...it's so much more complicated. It comes from hearts and sparks darker than mine. Greed and corruption, people who want to own and covet beauty and love instead of share it. I... I think it's the only way one could turn something like love ugly.

[He looks down a moment, a shadow over his face, because he has a notion of what that ugliness is like now. He cycles a sigh and pushed the thought away.]

Beauty in war? I don't know Four...what beauty and love I have seen in the midst of war exists despite it and not because of it. The charitable care given to victims, the courage shown by warriors defending the lives of others...

My order has tried, in a way, to bring beauty to combat. We have katas: choreographed dances of a sort that use weapons. They are full of symbolism, and are beautiful, but are not real war or combat. I suppose it's our attempt to transform war into beauty...

Both love and hate can create war. I know, it seems to make little sense when simplified like that. [He shakes his head, if only things were that simple.]

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[winged_knight]

[All this introspective talk about war has made him pensive and morose. But with the introduction of the gift his gaze brightens visibly brightens. But beyond the gift itself, Four's words are touching all on their own.]

Four! How lovely! The colors, they are so lively and fun! What is it made out of? It looks so soft...

It's so sweet of you, thank you. You're right. That was not a happy time when you say me last. But seeing you did make me smile a little then, and this gift will always make me smile when I see it. You may be small but you have a great heart. [He even picks the right body part, or at least, the one most relatable to you.]

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[4_toteachus]

[This is giving Four a lot to think about, and he likes that. Knowledge is to Four what food and water is to organics. Deep down Four would rather not think about these things, truth be told. He'd rather continue learning about the beautiful achievements of humanity, not the dark and violent parts. His purpose is clear though: To learn about humanity in order to preserve it. Not just to remember it, but to understand it.]

It's so complicated :(

I hope to understand it fully someday. Whether I like it or not, it is a part of humanity.

[Let's talk about nice stuff now.]

It's made out of some yarn I found! I'm lucky that I had enough, and that this design isn't as difficult as it seems at my size. I am glad that I can do this much for you. [Why do you keep giving him compliments, it's making him feel embarrassed again.]

Do you mind if I ask why you were so sad?

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[winged_knight]

[Wing doesn't like thinking about them either, but doing so helps him guide others away from such things.]

It is. But we're complicated people Four. Think about all the emotions we can have. The things we can think up. Most things that involve us can get complicated.

[He's all for nice stuff.]

It's beautiful Four. The fact you could craft such a thing on your own is quite a marvel. I will treasure it always! [Because you deserve them of course. Hush, and take it like a stichpunk!]

[He hesitates, since this is wandering out of 'nice things' territory again, but concedes that since Four was there to comfort him, knowing what it meant to him was important.]

You know about the situation with Alpha Trion's pages? The missing ones? Because of them I became someone other myself. Like a mirror, an opposite. Everything that was good about me was inverted and turned dark and horrible. I did and said some things that hurt people.

It wasn't directly my fault. But they were all people I cared about, and it hurt me to see them hurt. I also...didn't like being that person.

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[4_toteachus]

[This is honestly a lot more than Four has imagined. If he was with Wing right now, he'd give him a little face hug, because it sounds like the robot needs it. It simply goes beyond Four's imagination to think about a dark and evil Wing... it just isn't possible in his mind.]

Oh the pages... I see.

That must have hurt, I'm sorry. Everyone knows how much of a good person you are though, so I hope you were forgiven. I hope you can forgive yourself too...

Still perma video, lalala~

[winged_knight]

[He would gladly accept a face hug. Or even a short moment where he could be miniaturized, and have a real hug.]

It's been a difficult process, both fixing the harm it caused and...just getting right with myself.

But thank you Four, it's nice to know people have faith in me. I'm doing what I can, time will mend the rest. [He certainly hopes anyway. And his hope is pretty strong.]

[He pulls a smile out, just for you.]