"I would expect nothing less," Starscream says with forced brightness, but there's a miserable edge to his words. He's dragging his feet on coming out from his hiding spot, mainly because he doesn't trust even Dreadwing to not blow him full of holes the second he's within sight. What a fucking rip-off. This whole business was over and done with ages ago from his perspective, to the point where the names Dreadwing and Skyquake barely even counted as part of his vocabulary anymore, and now, suddenly, he's being made to suffer for his decisions again? What kind of sick world did he end up in, here?