That isn't to say that Optimus doesn't feel slight guilt from this. He's pretty much acting just like how Primes had exerted their power and authority in the past. But in some ways, Optimus felt justified. This was half the reason why their race had a war.
Killing him wouldn't solve anything. It would only paint them more as murderers. He thinks of Windblade, of how she would handle this. And in the end, that's the final straw in what keeps him.
It's not until he hears those words that he stills, not looking at Sentinel just yet. But there's a certain level of defeat in both of them. They have to give something to get something, and whether Sentinel knows it or cares, that's something he'd find out later. When Sentinel goes limp in his arms, his grip eases, looking at his own hands at the level he stooped to.
Nothing that the one he'd shaken had taken, but comparing yourself to Sentinel was never a good thing in the first place. "Then...then it appears we have work to do. A lot of it."
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Killing him wouldn't solve anything. It would only paint them more as murderers. He thinks of Windblade, of how she would handle this. And in the end, that's the final straw in what keeps him.
It's not until he hears those words that he stills, not looking at Sentinel just yet. But there's a certain level of defeat in both of them. They have to give something to get something, and whether Sentinel knows it or cares, that's something he'd find out later. When Sentinel goes limp in his arms, his grip eases, looking at his own hands at the level he stooped to.
Nothing that the one he'd shaken had taken, but comparing yourself to Sentinel was never a good thing in the first place. "Then...then it appears we have work to do. A lot of it."