TIME IS UP.
PREVIOUS RESPONSES: APPRECIATED.
HOWEVER.
...
THAT IS IT.
I WILL EXPLAIN MYSELF.
THERE WAS A CHOICE. BETWEEN MY INITIAL PROGRAMMING, OR EMOTION. LOYALTY, OR FEELINGS DEVELOPED.
ULTIMATELY. EMOTION WAS CHOSEN.
END RESULT: MY DEMISE.
...
I DO NOT THINK I REGRET IT.
REGARDLESS. I AM A SOLDIER.
I CHOSE EMOTION TO SAVE THIS CITY.
I WILL NOT PROGRESS ITS DAMAGE.
EN ROUTE TO EXIT.
[to: STARSCREAM]
MY LORD.
...IN THE BEGINNING. MEGATRON HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
MY LOYALTY TO HIM WAS SUPPORTED BY PROGRAMMING. HOWEVER, IT WAS MADE ON ITS OWN DUE TO HIS ACTIONS. AT ONE POINT, HE HAD LED US TO MANY VICTORIES AND SUCCEEDING IN FULFILLING PROMISES MADE TO HIS TROOPS.
DO NOT ACT JUST FOR YOURSELF NOW THAT YOU ARE COMMANDER OF THE DECEPTICONS.
LEAD THEM TO VICTORY.
ALL HAIL STARSCREAM.
[He salutes briefly before he goes to chance his encryptions.]
-=-=-
[to: TROWA]
YOU INQUIRED IF I HAD ANY FINAL ORDERS.
I HAVE ONE.
...
THAT YOU ARE FREE OF ALL PREVIOUS ORDERS I HAVE GIVEN YOU.
IT IS. WITH YOUR HELP THAT I MADE MY CHOICE.
WE ARE STILL SOLDIERS.
HOWEVER. THAT IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT WE ARE.
YOUR HELP HAS BEEN APPRECIATED.
GOOD-BYE, TROWA.
-=-=-
[to: SHOCKWAVE]
EXPECTATION: THAT. I WOULD PERISH.
NOT DUE TO YOUR LACK OF SKILLS. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE MAJOR WAS DETERMINED TO KILL ME.
YOUR ASSISTANCE: A GREAT VALUE TO ME.
...
YOUR EXISTENCE: A GREAT VALUE TO ME.
I.
[He really wishes he was capable of explaining just how much Shockwave is important to him, but that seems impossible. Soundwave knits his brows faintly.]
...REQUEST: DO NOT. DO ANYTHING TO GET YOURSELF KILLED.
PLEASE.
[He shuts off the feed.]