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[thehardway]

I... apologize for my disappearance. I'm afraid I was rather preoccupied with a very distracting task.

Yes. So.

I will scan the Link and catch up shortly, but I'm afraid I will need to be debriefed. If someone could do that.

That would be. Good.

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[thehardway]

So we don't know if he had a personal vendetta against Vandal, although that may not even matter. An insane AI with no preventative protocols. Do we know if ever disappeared into the Badlands?

We should be proactive about it. If you are interested in protecting those who could be a target, I will take you under consideration. Though I imagine that you'll want to keep an optic on Drift. Regardless, it would... [He sighs a little.] It would not be lawful to strike against him now when he has not broken a law on this planet yet. We can plan, but we can't take action until he does.

I am not sure.

Ironfist. [Ultra Magnus looks like a mix of concerned and thoughtful until his helm is mentioned.

He touches his helm, then looks alarmed.] Rodimus, you-- [Ugh, he needs to get that taken care of.] ...Thank you, Wing.

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[winged_knight]

I doubt it was personal, except perhaps from a behavioral experiment standpoint. When Prism threatened those it had assaulted with threats of implanted bombs the AI seemed to take great...interest in the panic and anger that followed. I...would hope that we'd hear word if that were the case though.

I am, absolutely. Of course I want to look out for Drift, but everyone deserves protection and there may be some less capable than Drift. [Wing looks decidedly torn. But even his moral compass says Tarn should transgress first before being punished here.] No, I...suppose not. But. Can we bait him out into the open? So he strikes in a controlled fashion?

[Wing can't help it, his mouth twitches a little in a playful smirk. He tries to politely hide it though.] You're quite welcome. ... He's got quite the grip it seems.

[He's just guessing Magnus, he can't help that he has an incredibly vivid imagination.]

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[thehardway]

So it's hard to tell, regardless. Hm.

Some are less capable of protecting themselves, but Drift is not... skilled at following orders when I tell him to stand down. I want to make sure he will if Tarn challenges him in any sort of way. The only reason he should fight Tarn if it's purely out of self defense and not out of impulsive behavior.

You're asking if I should taunt a sociopath into the open so I'd have a reason to arrest or attack him.

[Er. Awkward. Magnus clears his throat.] He's... anyway. That isn't important.

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[winged_knight]

I--yes. It's motivations don't really match a proper AI's nor a normal sapient person's so... [How do you even classify that? That's what Wing's shrug says anyway.]

He will if I insist it of him. [Wing says that with utter certainty.] But I will only do so if absolutely necessary. Since I'd rather not have to, find a better way to direct his energy would be good. He fights fear with action Magnus, and I don't blame him much for it.

Well. Yes. [It's like one of those undercover sting operations from holovids.] Or perhaps not taunt so much as...set a trap for him. If it's inevitable that he attacks someone, why not control how and when he does it?

Not to this conversation it isn't. [His tone isn't snide, if anything it's the opposite, polite and gentle, paying respect to the notion while politely disengaging from it as none of his business.]