Val was trustworthy, in a sense--she always did what she said she would. The problem (for others) lay in whatever else she was doing that she'd conveniently failed to mention. Here in this new universe, she hadn't yet had time to get as many irons in the fire as was her wont, so for the moment, Megatron was only being conspired with, not against.
Besides, she liked him. That almost invariably meant any future conspiring against would be benevolently intended...or at least not actively malicious. Generally speaking, Val only sent friends to their deaths when she was certain they would cheat the aforementioned.
See, nothing to worry about.
"Okay, let me line this up." Val nudged the tiny vial-slash-5-gallon bucket into place with her foot, then sparked up the torch again. "I'm not quite sure how your pain perceptions work, but I doubt this will hurt much."
She touched the flame to his arm, vaporizing a hole big enough for her to get a finger or two in--assuming she wanted to sustain serious burns, that is. It amounted to a pinprick on him.
"Oh, wow, that even looks wrong," she said when the energon started to well up from the hole, either a tiny speck or a entire Red Cross donation per droplet, depending how you looked at it.
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Besides, she liked him. That almost invariably meant any future conspiring against would be benevolently intended...or at least not actively malicious. Generally speaking, Val only sent friends to their deaths when she was certain they would cheat the aforementioned.
See, nothing to worry about.
"Okay, let me line this up." Val nudged the tiny vial-slash-5-gallon bucket into place with her foot, then sparked up the torch again. "I'm not quite sure how your pain perceptions work, but I doubt this will hurt much."
She touched the flame to his arm, vaporizing a hole big enough for her to get a finger or two in--assuming she wanted to sustain serious burns, that is. It amounted to a pinprick on him.
"Oh, wow, that even looks wrong," she said when the energon started to well up from the hole, either a tiny speck or a entire Red Cross donation per droplet, depending how you looked at it.