A random idea that hit me.
A random idea that hit me. Feel free to change around the characters, if you like.
“Mornin’, Prime. Just saw the visitin' femmes off back to Cybertron. Elita' stayin' behind for a few orns - said she'll go back with t' other ship.”
“Good morning, Ironhide. Give this report back to Jazz when you meet him for patrol, would you? I’ve red-penned the spelling errors. By the way, did you get a chance to speak with Chromia?”
“Yeah, but it was hardly worth the trouble. She’s all mad at me now for somethin’.”
“Hm. I’ve heard the humans have some good advice regarding such relationships. Maybe you could ask Spike what he does when Carly’s upset with him.”
“Ah dunno, Prime… it’d be kinda awkward askin’ t’ kid about stuff like that, y’know…”
“Well, it couldn’t hurt. He suggested I look up some human literature on the topic of maintaining a bond.”
-rummages in subspace-
“Here, have a look.”
“Huh. Well, whaddaya know! Humans have almost the same name for it? Ah thought they called it somethin’ else…”
“I suppose it’s another one of those quirks that this language has. Let me know if you want to borrow this.”
“Sure, Prime. Anything you think I should mention to those government humans who are visiting this afternoon?”
“Well, the humans do seem to like it when we Autobots express interest in their customs. Be sure and tell our visitors that if they wish to speak to me, I’ll be in my office with Elita-1 researching the human practice of ‘bondage’.”