Although he was known on Cybertron for his words, his most noticeable trait to his supervisors in the mines was often his stubborn silence. And after Shockwave dropped the question, that's exactly what he got.

The implication hung heavy in the air as the last of the energon was cleaned from his fingers. It wasn't bleeding from anywhere on him.

Despite Shockwave's attempt to bridge them together through a common acquaintance, he was still at a loss for words. How would he accurately explain to a Senator, even a well meaning one, that he'd crushed a Guard's head in between his hands after an accumulation of lifelong injustice, pent-up rage and a brief sense of mortal danger?

What words could properly describe a pure maelstrom of emotion?