Val had no illusions as to the source of his sudden cordiality, but no big deal. He could consider her an asset all he wanted. She'd silently be returning the courtesy.

"Valeria Richards. By social convention, since you're the senior of us, you'd address me just as Valeria." No harm in playing to that overinflated Cybertronian sense of superiority. It was merely the local version of her cute facade from back home, after all. "Do you have a rank or title I should use?"