That gets him to laugh, giving her his full attention once more. He'd forgotten that organic children required longer to develop mentally than Cybertronians - although he must admit that sometimes that never happens to them either. Proteus served as an accurate example of that particular problem.

"Why not? Organic species like yourself find it enjoyable."

It isn't that Shockwave is a giant hedonist - that title belongs to the other Senators more than him - but he is from the ruling classes of Cybertron and has had far more exposure to the co-opted habits of organic species that came from knowing those who've explored off-world. As well as venturing off-planet himself.