[She'd thought about their conversation a lot, too, both right after they met and in the weeks since, but it still takes her a while to reply.

She has to admit, she likes Optimus Prime. He has a power to him, a draw, that she finds absolutely fascinating, but he's either unwilling to use it as a weapon or unknowing of how it could be one, and he's steady as anything she could name.

Still, with all this new-found freedom and lack of accountability, she doesn't really want to throw her whole lot in with anyone, and one conversation is nothing to base loyalty on, if she has loyalty to tie her down.

At long last, she replies with a shrug, and tells him:]

My stance is that I'd rather not take stances, but if I had to stand somewhere... near you wouldn't be the last place I'd pick to place my feet.

[It might even be the first, besides "way out of the way and taking potshots".]