[Old-fashioned maybe, but in a very real sense, Thundercracker is an old-fashioned mech, being that he's a very OLD mech, one of the oldest still surviving in his faction, from the early days of the war. Before it, even, if not by so much.]
[He's not been given permission to stand, or even straighten - he's been beaten for less before - but he dares to look up now, half-sure that this mech might not think to remember to give such permission first before Thundercracker's embarrassed him with not moving for too long. He's still knelt but he sits back on his heel, shoulders straightening proudly, wings high on his back.]
Thank you, sir. It means a lot to me. I will not fail you.
[In what, he doesn't know . . . but for the moment, that doesn't matter. He just won't.]
[Action]
[Old-fashioned maybe, but in a very real sense, Thundercracker is an old-fashioned mech, being that he's a very OLD mech, one of the oldest still surviving in his faction, from the early days of the war. Before it, even, if not by so much.]
[He's not been given permission to stand, or even straighten - he's been beaten for less before - but he dares to look up now, half-sure that this mech might not think to remember to give such permission first before Thundercracker's embarrassed him with not moving for too long. He's still knelt but he sits back on his heel, shoulders straightening proudly, wings high on his back.]
Thank you, sir. It means a lot to me. I will not fail you.
[In what, he doesn't know . . . but for the moment, that doesn't matter. He just won't.]