Then permit me to carry at the very least this burden.

[ The extremes to which absolute pragmatism took him could not be done justice over the course of one conversation or likely through language itself. And yet he was concerned with at the very least keeping Optimus from taking on guilt that wasn't his own - just once. ]

Yes, well...

[ Now of all times, Shockwave has to work through finding the right words. ]

Maybe now we won't burn that bridge when we get to it.