It was a problem and not just for Starscream. Jetfire thought it problematic too. What were they even... Friends? Enemies? The line was so blurred anymore and he hadn't had the proper time to sort it. Now he wondered if it even really mattered overmuch any more.

"You wouldn't. It just so happens that you like my hands and what they can do for you too much."

Science related things, of course.