[The feed clicks on to a face unfamiliar to most of Axiom Nexus. He's in a stark, industrial lab. Banks of ultra-speed processing computers surround him, blinking and humming. Behind him, a large logo on the wall reads 'Simultron: the Finest in Virtual Entertainment
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Hey big guy! Where ya been?
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I've been here? [Your question confuses him. Yes, he doesn't leave the lab a lot.]
I've been here for over an orbital cycle, Hot Rod.
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You avoiding me or something? [Why would anyone do that?]
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[Face it, Hot Rod: 'Nerd' isn't really your style.]
Can I...help you with something?
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Sure can! There's this ugly statue thing Wing bought that I need moved. The thing is fragging dense- can't even lift it.
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Statue. You need me to move a statue.
[Something sure is dense around here.]
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Well, yeah. I'd ask some other gigantic mech but I haven't met any yet.
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It's not so different. We fought in our own way, at Kimia, at Garrus 9. Just not with guns.
[Sliderules ftw?]
I... [He's just going to stare at you for a moment. All right, he'll bite.] Why do you need this statue moved to begin with?
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The thing is downright hideous, okay? And its at an angle, you see, that puts it kinda staring into my room.
I think Wing did it on purpose.
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The simplest solution, Hot Rod, would be to close the door to your room.
...and why would anyone do that on purpose? [Really, the universe does not revolve around you, Hot Rod. It revolves around objects with larger gravitational pull.]
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[Waves a hand] Because he wants me to feel guilty.
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Mean...business. By moving a statue. [Then again, he was not talking about blowing the thing up, so maybe Hot Rod has mellowed. ]
Guilty? Why would you feel guilty?
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[Makes a fist] I don't! And I won't!
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Isn't Wing the pacifist?
[Wait. When did this become a 'we'? Dammit, Hot Rod.]
[That sounds like denial.]
It would be understandable, after all. It's been a hard war. Every mech has regrets, things they would have done differently.
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[Crosses his arms and eyes him] Jetfire. You've known me for a long time. Is guilt usually my thing?
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[Criminals have motives. Like the mech who stole his data.]
Admittedly, no. That's why I am surprised you're bothered by this statue at all. [He does kind of want to see this thing now, this marvel of sculpture that has Hot Rod seeing conspiracies of guilt.]
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