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[lifepersists]

[ The lighting is dim, as it usually is in Megatronus's temple, but First Aid is used to dim light so his natural reaction is to light things up with the flashlight in his finger. He looks awfully confused for a visored mech, if just because he's super unsure how he got there. ]

Hello? Can... anyone pick me up and bring me to the medbay?

[ His optics narrow a bit. ]

I'm not feeling too good. I'm not sure if I can trust myself to go on my own. My chronometer seems to be, er, broken and I'm not sure what else might be. I know it sounds crazy but-- I'm not.

[ Had he gotten overcharged? Maybe that's why he felt so weird; this really bizarre feeling of discomfort, like he's forgotten soemthing important that he needed to do. Amongst other things which he can contribute to the after effects.

Very disconcerting. If only there was a mnemosurgeon around. ]

Anyways, seems like there's a lot of new faces around... Hello! I'm First Aid. If you need any medical attention, once I get everything sorted out, I'd be happy to help.

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[lifepersists]

[ First Aid seems like he's going to say something, but then he takes a moment to pause. He thinks about Whirl and everyone's constant accusation that he's lying and so on.

As distressing as it is, he settles and straightens. ]

I'm sorry. I'm not trying to claim you're lying. I've just been a medic a long time and the idea of... people coming back from the dead is something very... startling, for someone of my profession.

[ His optics dim. ]

Do they have confirmation I was murdered?

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[ex_dishonestly997]

[funny how the liar label gets stuck to people who lie a lot.]

I don't care if you believe me or not. I've come back from a near death experience with chronometer errors, I've got reasons to leap to my conclusions, and there's evidence for yours.

Ultra Magnus seemed pretty sure of it.

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[lifepersists]

[ Sure is a thing, isn't it? ]

...Alright.

Thank you, Starscream. [ That's awfully weird. ] Has Vandal been okay? Aside from... you know.

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[ex_dishonestly997]

She's being taken care of. [sort of. He's not so great at the showing emotions thing, part of the whole display-vulnerability-and-get-your-fuel-lines-slit policy of the Decepticon empire]

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[lifepersists]

[ That's pretty much all he wanted to know. But. On second thought.

He switches this feed to private. ]

Starscream. It's not something usual of me to think poorly of people. However, I believe in punishment for terrible deeds.

What would you do if someone betrayed you?

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[ex_dishonestly997]

Hm. For my people, if you didn't see betrayal coming, you sort of deserve whatever you get.

But you're an Autobot, so you want a different answer than 'get back up and get even'.

So for what it's worth. Punishment is useless unless it's instructive to the punishee.

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[lifepersists]

[ His optics dim, just a bit. ]

Maybe I do want to get even. In my own way.

[ Wow, that is a dark path he is going down, but it sure has been a difficult time lately. ]

Do you have experience with this?

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[ex_dishonestly997]

What is this, medic? Entrapment?

If it isn't, you'll have to fill me in on the ugly details.