Who: IDW!Megs, Kino, Mikaela, Glit
What: Megatron needs a makeover. Or, really, he needs to be repaired almost completely, and so is going to be in one place for a bit...and gets to talk with some humans he's been needing to speak to.
When: Following
Magnum's fight with Ironhide and
This Declaration.Where: Swindle's shop, Zone 5
Notes: Separate
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Running fingers through her hair, she sighed in frustration. "I actually thought it would be Mr Blackout here because of Mr Ironhide." She sounded less than enthused. "He... doesn't like to think, he just wants to react. Mr Ironhide, that is." She clarified with a smile that was entirely wry. "The war must have been terrible, but... I don't think that's an excuse for how he acts now. He's angry at everyone who isn't himself, and hurts people with it. He's a very poor hero."
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The chuckle turned into a laugh, however, at the mention of Ironhide. "...a poor Hero indeed. I would have thought the superior morale ground they've created for themselves would have been built upon solid foundations--not upon scraps. But..." The laughter died, sliding into a frown. "...it doesn't seem to be that way, does it. Autobots kill, as readily as we kill. Its all a matter of perspective." His optics turned to her.
"...which I ought to ask. What...your opinion is about them."
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Which wasn't to say it was easy, or that she wasn't beyond frustrated at being stuck here so often so completely out of her depth... but there was only so much you could do.
About Autobots. What did she think about Autobots?
"They're foolish." She finally decided on. "They think they are good because they are good, not because of their actions. They fight a war and think theirs is the only right side: I've seen many, many wars, and there is never only one right side. They think that you only lead to destroy everything, but if that was the case you wouldn't work so hard to make friends to find a way home. They say that Decepticons have no reasons for what they do. They call you cruel, evil, destructive, vindictive. Mr Will told me that Blackout wants to massacre or enslave all of humanity and that Mr Blackout is ruthless. They don't have 'perspective'. I listened to them all, but then I looked with my own eyes and what I see tells me that they're blind. They don't want to know that there might be good to the other side. It's easier for them to believe that you are all the same, all bad and evil and enjoy killing for no reason, so that they can justify what they do and make it 'good'. I think that's stupid. War is war, and both sides have reasons, good reasons, to fight and die and kill. They might not be good reasons to me, they might not be good reasons to the other side, but they are good reasons to themselves."
She realized she'd been rambling on and blushed, looking at her feet, embarrassed. "I'm sorry. I just have been listening to everything and and everyone and I... I don't think I like them very much, even if they say they're the 'good' people and you say you're 'bad'. I think they are wrong."
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And...several new points besides. She'd had the opportunity to speak with Autobots without their preconceived notions already clouding their conversations...much the way he had been able to speak with Ironhide, for a brief time.
...and she had noticed it, too.
He could not help but crack a pleased smirk.
"...you're an intelligent girl, Kino. Do you think Blackout is ruthless? That I am evil?" He rested a hand on the edge of the bed.
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She met his optics strongly, shoulders set and square. "Does that make sense? I'm sorry, I just keep talking, but I haven't really had anyone to... listen, I suppose." She blushed a darker red. "I'm delaying your repairs." Now she felt incredibly guilty, considering how much pain Magnum must have been in, and she was telling him things he certainly already knew. It was unlike her... but it had been so long since she'd had a receptive ear that seemed like it was really listening: not judging or correcting or ignoring, not warning or trying to enforce other ideas or views onto her. It was hard to restrain herself.
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And that, of course, was precisely why such leaders were illegal.
So amusing, that the Nexus weeded out the ones best trained for solving problems...but probably because the solutions were not often the ones the transtechs wished to hear.
"Primus, Kino, why would you apologize?" He smirked and rested. "You've given me something new to be considering...and it sounds like people talk to you, besides." There was a chuckle, then. "Which is probably why no one takes the time to listen. Us mechs think our problems are larger than yours are, simply because you are so...small. But you and Mikaela..."
...had much he could exploit.
"Have hidden depths."
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"I'm going to keep trying, so I want to keep helping you." Her gaze hardened slightly. "But I don't want to have what happened last time happen again. Not with so many people getting hurt, when I didn't know it was going to happen - at least not that badly. Next time, if there is a next time, I want to know. Everything. So that I can make a good decision and be responsible for it." She had been so... angry at it all...
But it was good Magnum thought she was... more than just a 'squishy'. It was a hard point of view to find, in the Nexus. Many people were willing to humor her but... well, it was one of the ways she had so much gossip, after all. Larger mechs just didn't think she was capable of much at all - including listening to a conversation while working on something.
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The intensity of her glare did manage to cease his thinking for a moment, though admittedly he had to try quite hard not to laugh at the absurdity of her standing up to him. He managed, one way or another, with a simple smile and a slight inclination of his head. "Kino, I shall answer any question that you ask."
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