Hearing Shockwave's voice, in such a cheerful tone no matter--it'd only emphasized his thoughts further. Was this world just playing a cruel joke on him? Shockwave had been at the meeting, and had been rather supportive of the entire thing. But there was discussion to be had, and Optimus had no time to really deal with the situation of Shockwave being here.

Until now.

He turns, when the jet approaches, eyes a tad bit more wide and alert than usual.

"Mm. I thought some time away from the meeting would do some good. I see you had similar thoughts."

And it totally wasn't because he was there.