There were much deeper depths of ignominy than getting help from Val, even taking into account the whole 'human infant' thing.
"Hmm." She disconnected the repulsor from the power cord, winding the cable up for storage as she ran through the possibilities for a few busy seconds of rapid thought, then looked up at him, studying his face for the minutest reaction. "Why aren't you going to Ratchet or one of the other medics?"
She'd already noticed that his movements were fewer and more deliberate than Optimus', the only other Cybertronian she'd met who was Megatron's size, but that could have been a matter of personality. Now, in the artificial light of the lab, it was much more obvious that his...whatever the glow that shone through his armor was called was dimmer than on the others of his species. Granted, he might just be seguing into asking for a weapon more powerful than that pistol he carried, but, well, Val trusted her observations, and even if he changed the subject, that too was a data point.
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"Hmm." She disconnected the repulsor from the power cord, winding the cable up for storage as she ran through the possibilities for a few busy seconds of rapid thought, then looked up at him, studying his face for the minutest reaction. "Why aren't you going to Ratchet or one of the other medics?"
She'd already noticed that his movements were fewer and more deliberate than Optimus', the only other Cybertronian she'd met who was Megatron's size, but that could have been a matter of personality. Now, in the artificial light of the lab, it was much more obvious that his...whatever the glow that shone through his armor was called was dimmer than on the others of his species. Granted, he might just be seguing into asking for a weapon more powerful than that pistol he carried, but, well, Val trusted her observations, and even if he changed the subject, that too was a data point.