Apparently not. A disappointment, if he's to be honest, and there's a flicker of that in his face before he clarifies.

"It's far more complicated than that, as it usually is when it comes to the Senate." He should know. "He prevented a death of a prisoner they ordered, they took steps to teach him a lesson. They," and here Shockwave smiles fondly at the memory, "vastly underestimated him, and he stormed a session of the Senate singlehandedly to make a speech on behalf of a friend."

He took out all of Sentinel's best officers with Whirl slung over a shoulder. It was a sight to remember, and Shockwave is forever thankful he saved him from prison and the Institute.