And there it is. Rodimus winces, casting his optics back at Drift for a second before training back on the wall.
"I didn't-- I finally had you back, Drift." Selfish, yeah. He admits to that. But could anyone - except for Ratchet - blame him? "What was I supposed to say? 'Great to have you back, by the way the reason I haven't seen you in months is because I exiled you for something that wasn't your fault?'" That Drift told him not to do, told him it was stupid and he shouldn't have risen to Prowl's bait but he did anyway.
To say nothing of the vote. Drift had taken the fall for Overlord so he could remain captain, except that it hadn't mattered in the end - they still kept him. Well, they had until Optimus had named Megatron as co-captain and that had just made everything worse. The Lost Light was his. It was a gift from Drift, the quest had been Drift's brainchild that Rodimus had gladly helped along and then all of that had been taken from him and given to Megatron. Megatron!
He'd lost Drift, and then he'd lost everything that he was supposed to take care of in his absence, to say nothing of what it meant Optimus thought of him. Whatever chance Rodimus had to prove himself, to make amends, had been taken away from him. And that? That hurt.
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"I didn't-- I finally had you back, Drift." Selfish, yeah. He admits to that. But could anyone - except for Ratchet - blame him? "What was I supposed to say? 'Great to have you back, by the way the reason I haven't seen you in months is because I exiled you for something that wasn't your fault?'" That Drift told him not to do, told him it was stupid and he shouldn't have risen to Prowl's bait but he did anyway.
To say nothing of the vote. Drift had taken the fall for Overlord so he could remain captain, except that it hadn't mattered in the end - they still kept him. Well, they had until Optimus had named Megatron as co-captain and that had just made everything worse. The Lost Light was his. It was a gift from Drift, the quest had been Drift's brainchild that Rodimus had gladly helped along and then all of that had been taken from him and given to Megatron. Megatron!
He'd lost Drift, and then he'd lost everything that he was supposed to take care of in his absence, to say nothing of what it meant Optimus thought of him. Whatever chance Rodimus had to prove himself, to make amends, had been taken away from him. And that? That hurt.