"Ohhhh, just giving my professional advice, you know!" So there's only two of them, hmm. A very small alliance. That's a good thing to know, if he's going to be stuck in this place... "Two is awfully few to secure an energon deposit, though. I hope you're up for the challenge!"

His smile is utterly unoffensive.

"So is the population here very thinly spread?" he asks, because nothing's better for information than someone who's too dumb to figure out he's being pumped for information.