[He gives your words consideration.]

Someone such as 'Tarn?'

[Who he's been hearing about from Misfire. Sort of.]

You aren't the first to propose such to me. [Possibly the first Decepticon from his own universe to have the gumption, but not the first mech ever.] One constant I have learned about in my travels seems to be the perversion of the Decepticon cause from its initial momentum. [Winning becoming more important. His own descent into insanity. Everything in-between.]

It will not happen again. [He's going to be the Megatron that wins. The certainty in his voice ensures that.]