robothell | video; backdated to a day or so after Prom

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video; backdated to a day or so after Prom

So uh... say... you were at a thing. Having a good time, and everything is just great.

But then... your memory gets kind of fuzzy. Like, wow I shouldn't have run into that electric generator in the back of the scrapyard kind of fuzzy.

[A beat.]

Not that that's ever happened! I'm just saying!

[Okay, Sideswipe, what are you trying to get at.]

And then... you think maybe you did something kind of really weird. But you're not like... sure?

Is that just me? It's not just me, right?

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[Ouch.]

He just said Bee. Because that's who I was looking for. I know Bee, Strongarm, Jazz, Grimlock, Fixit, and some weird old guy named Drift with his two minicons.

That's it.

[THAT'S ALL I CARE ABOUT. in other words.]

That's not what I meant.

[ good gawd. daft kid is daft. ]

It's called being observant and knowing what to say and when to say it. Secrets slip. It happens and no, this really isn't your fault. So I am sorry for jumping on you about it.

You still need to learn tact, regardless.

How is it not tactful if I'm answering a question about my Bee? Huh?

Geez. There's no winning with you old geezers, is there! You're worse than Strongarm. By like. Light years.

Is Drift old by your standards? Did he associate with some cult in the hills?

[ Verity prodded like the conversation was a raw nerve or a loaded topic. ]

I don't know. He's just old and weird and boring when he goes all HONOOOORRRRRRRR.

The moment she started to show signs of distress - or a verbal double take - should have been a clue.

Then again, you haven't actually been involved in warfare, have you? You haven't had to watch people in front of you die - people you care about and have known most of your life. That's why saying something like you did so flippantly is tactless.

People do that all the time when they're talking to me. Quit yelling like I'm supposed to read processors.

... Wow. I take it back. I would really rather get lectured by Strongarm than talked down to by Bee's Cranky Copy.