"Far be it from to keep watch over the activity of your squad, but I'd be correct to assume that it's been some time since you've had contact with Cybertron, yes?"

Shockwave makes a sound in near-perfect facsimile of clearing ones throat. Not something he put the time in practicing to imitate his binocular contemporaries which why the sound was bit forced, unnatural. Unnerving. Especially as that large, singular optic turns and dilates boring into Tarn.

"Best you hear it first. This is my formal resignation from the Deceptions, and a friendly request my operations on this naked carcass of a planet not be impeded."