Right, then, this just went straight to the top of the list of Worst Situations.
Knock Out spends a second not sure how to respond, either; he could treat Starscream like the enemy he theoretically is, since the medic changed sides to join the Autobots and Starscream took off to do... whatever it was he wanted to do after Megatron had renounced his goals of domination. This is a bad choice, because Starscream clearly still has his ranged weapons and flight, and Knock Out has nothing to touch up his paintjob if it gets scratched in a scuffle. The other choice is distasteful, but...
"Starscream!" he greets, with a welcoming smile, arms spread and hands open in friendly greeting. "I have to tell you, it's good to see a friend! I was worried there wouldn't be anything familiar here, and I'd be at the mercy of whatever 'bot happened across me-- but here you are! Ah, what a relief it is, to have someone so, hmm, dependable and skilled here." Was that laying it on too thick? That might have been laying it on too thick. Hmm. "Wherever here is. I've been told we're no longer on the Cybertron we knew?" he prompts, and hopes really hard that Starscream isn't about to shoot him.
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Knock Out spends a second not sure how to respond, either; he could treat Starscream like the enemy he theoretically is, since the medic changed sides to join the Autobots and Starscream took off to do... whatever it was he wanted to do after Megatron had renounced his goals of domination. This is a bad choice, because Starscream clearly still has his ranged weapons and flight, and Knock Out has nothing to touch up his paintjob if it gets scratched in a scuffle. The other choice is distasteful, but...
"Starscream!" he greets, with a welcoming smile, arms spread and hands open in friendly greeting. "I have to tell you, it's good to see a friend! I was worried there wouldn't be anything familiar here, and I'd be at the mercy of whatever 'bot happened across me-- but here you are! Ah, what a relief it is, to have someone so, hmm, dependable and skilled here." Was that laying it on too thick? That might have been laying it on too thick. Hmm. "Wherever here is. I've been told we're no longer on the Cybertron we knew?" he prompts, and hopes really hard that Starscream isn't about to shoot him.