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[sole_captain]

Oceanglide has taken up residence in one of the less cushioned Nexus armchairs. He appears to be lost in thought, with a distant light in his optics as he rests his chin on his clasped hands, solar panels and arm-mounted launcher alike tipped downward, out of the way. However long the silence around the Minicon has lasted, it's broken when he

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[likes_exploring]

Faye regards Oceanglide for a moment. "Not much, really. I really feel more comfortable thinking things though, first."

[sole_captain]

"You've seldom profited by following a hunch, hm?"

[likes_exploring]

"Not so much, no."

[sole_captain]

"And why not, do you think?"

[random_xtras]

"A lot, I guess. It's kept me alive a lot over the vorns. But you need to depend on your sensors, too." Bumblebee shifts her weight with a creak, then leans on her cane as she thinks of the second question. "And I... guess I'd do something nice for them."

[sole_captain]

He studies the Autobot, noting damage and design as he replies, "It's hard to disregard your instincts when you know how they've been honed. And your solution is deceptively simple: finding a favour to do for someone is more easily said than done..."

[random_xtras]

"Yeah," she says ruefully. "But sometimes the thing that they'll like best is something you usually wouldn't think of. Like my friend Redeco. I wasn't neglecting him, but I did something embarrassing to him. So I bribed him to paint the base a different colour. Now he's pretty happy. And the whole base looks like me."

Amusement shows in her large optics as she relays the last bit, and then she shifts again to keep her balance.

[sole_captain]

He chuckles. "I think by now I have a fair knowledge of what pleases my brothers. And preferred assignments would usually be my favoured means of indulging them. Unfortunately, I am already giving them all the free rein for their amusements I can allow, in our present circumstances. And I really am trying not to alarm our local security officer..."